Hong Kong lawmaker in ‘killed mercilessly’ row walks back his choice of words for separatists
Ex-Law Society president also sorry for erroneous descriptions of his professional qualifications
After a series of combative exchanges with his critics, an outspoken Hong Kong pro-establishment lawmaker has finally backed down, admitting to an unfortunate choice of words when he said independence advocates deserved to be “killed mercilessly”.
Junius Ho Kwan-yiu, a former Law Society president, also offered an apology for erroneous descriptions of his professional qualifications in Chinese on his law firm’s webpage.
His turnabout came during an interview on TVB Pearl current affairs programme Straight Talk, according to a source.
In the programme expected to air on Tuesday night, Ho said he did not feel comfortable about being investigated by police and the society, although he maintained he did not worry a great deal, the source said.