‘We will toughen up and face it,’ Donald Tsang’s wife says, breaking silence as she vows to lodge appeal
Former chief was sentenced to 20 months’ jail for misconduct
The wife of disgraced former chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen broke her silence for the first time, expressing her unhappiness and vowing to lodge an appeal.
“It is a very dark day today. We feel very disappointed and upset regarding the ruling from the court today,” Selina Tsang Pou Siu-mei said.
“Over the past five years, we have been subject to a lot of trouble and pressure. We are therefore very sad. But we will toughen up and face it courageously. We will appeal.”
Watch: Selina Tsang speaks after Donald Tsang’s sentencing
She was speaking soon after Tsang was sentenced on Wednesday to 20 months in prison for misconduct, becoming the city’s highest-ranked official to be put behind bars.
Presiding judge Mr Justice Andrew Chan Hing-wai cut the sentence to 20 months from an original 30, giving him credit for a life dedicated to public service, reinforced by a range of letters that “all speak with one voice to his commitment to servicing the people of Hong Kong”.