Ousted head of Law Society Ambrose Lam is 'better off now'
Ambrose Lam says the group has been muted, and he has no regrets about being forced out
The former Law Society president, who was pressured into resigning via a no-confidence vote, says his saga has made the organisation afraid to speak out.
Ambrose Lam San-keung also said he had learned a lesson about dealing with the media, and he stuck by his remarks praising the Communist Party.
"I have gained more than I have lost," he said three months after his resignation, and a week after his joint venture with a mainland firm became one of two law firms approved to do business in Qianhai, a special economic zone in Shenzhen.
"I haven't been discouraged by the vote. I'm now looking to the long-term development of the mainland," Lam said.
In August, he resigned after the Law Society passed a vote of no confidence against him with a landslide margin. Solicitors were not happy with his remarks supporting June's State Council white paper on Hong Kong affairs, which critics have described as undermining the principle of "one country, two systems".
"The event was one of those that polarised the community. You heard no voice from the middle ground," Lam said.
He said the Law Society had become quiet since then, with its council deciding not to issue a position paper on the political reform framework laid down for Hong Kong by the national legislature in August.