Lawmaker Frederick Fung Kin-kee expressed anger yesterday at his pan-democratic counterparts - the radical group People Power - for fielding a dozen candidates against his party in the upcoming district council elections.
Of the 26 candidates from the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood, nine will face direct competition with not just their long-time rival, the pro-establishment camp, but also People Power, which broke from the League of Social Democrats after internal disputes.
Fung likened People Power to 'DAB's Team B' - referring to the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, the local pro-Beijing camp.
'I'm really angry about their attack. The democratic movement in Hong Kong has always been difficult. And now, they are further destroying and fracturing it,' said Fung, chairman of the ADPL, who will run in a Sham Shui Po constituency. He will face People Power's Chiu Chik-tung.
Fung said he had asked Wong Yuk-man, ex-chairman of People Power, several times to withdraw the attack plan, but Wong told him: 'I could just send a small potato in my party to fight against you. Reaping 100 to 200 votes from you is enough to pull you down from your seat.'
He said that if the vote is split, pan-democrats could lose seats to the pro-Beijing camp.
