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Prominent Hong Kong barrister Priscilla Wong, wife of pro-Beijing heavyweight Martin Liao, is new head of police watchdog
- ‘She’s very independent and intelligent,’ says husband, convenor of pro-establishment bloc
- IPCC’s new chair has string of public service appointments, succeeds Anthony Neoh
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Prominent barrister Priscilla Wong Pui-sze has been appointed the new head of Hong Kong’s police watchdog, with observers hoping she will find ways to strengthen its investigatory powers and improve soured relations between the force and the public.
Currently head of the government’s Minimum Wage Commission and a member of the Shanghai arm of the nation’s top political advisory body, Wong is also the wife of lawmaker and pro-Beijing heavyweight Martin Liao Cheung-kong.
City leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor made the appointment on Friday and the two-year term with the Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC) begins on Tuesday.
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The IPCC is an independent body that reports directly to Lam and reviews the force’s handling of complaints against police.
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Wong succeeds prominent barrister Anthony Francis Neoh, who was former chairman of the Securities and Futures Commission and has headed the IPCC since 2018.
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