HK$10,000 fine for lawmaker who browsed sexy pictures on his tablet during budget debate
Albert Ho apologises to Democratic Party as panel finds he undermined its reputation
Flicking through pictures of scantily-clad women instead of listening to the budget has proved costly for lawmaker Albert Ho Chun-yan, who became the first Democratic Party member to be fined for misbehaviour.
The former party chairman has agreed to pay his HK$10,000 fine to a women's group or similar non-governmental organisation, the party said yesterday.
Ho was called before a panel set up by the party's disciplinary committee after pictures emerged of him looking at images of models in bikinis on his tablet computer as Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah delivered his two-hour budget speech to the Legislative Council.
"Ho accepted the judgment and apologised to the public and his fellow party members," the panel said in a statement. "He has promised to learn from this and remind himself to maintain a high standard of conduct."
Ho said last night that he "humbly accepted the judgment, warning and punishment made by the panel" and again apologised for the incident.
