Hong Kong chief executive election was ‘a farce’, aide to Regina Ip claims
Government’s former information chief also says ‘clandestine meetings’ took place in Shenzhen involving Beijing officials, liaison office staff and voters
Pinkstone, who has known Lam for many years from his civil service career, remained confident she would do well in her new post, but he claimed the former chief secretary would need “strong support to mend fences between the legislature and the public”.
Ip, the New People’s Party chairwoman who was forced to drop out of the race because of insufficient nominations, said she had read Pinkstone’s piece but had “no comment”.
In the piece, Pinkstone accused the liaison office or its associates of making phone calls to all 1,194 members of the Election Committee responsible for picking the city’s leader. He said the calls urged support for Lam, backed by Beijing, and asked them not to nominate Ip.