Democratic Party wants to hear more evidence before deciding fate of phone-snatching lawmaker Ted Hui
Party waits to hear what Ted Hui said to civil servant – and her testimony – before deciding whether he should lose his seat in Legco over incident
The Democratic Party will wait to hear testimony from a civil servant before it decides whether its lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung should lose his seat in the Legislative Council over a phone-snatching incident, the party’s chairman said on Sunday.
The opposition party is reeling from the scandal with Hui supporters accusing the party of turning its back on the legislator after it suspended him on Thursday while the establishment camp has said the party was guilty of a cover up.
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“According to the evidence we have right now, the party believes it is disproportionate to strip his seat,” Democratic Party chairman Wu Chi-wai said on Sunday. “He is an elected lawmaker after all.”
However, Wu stopped short of throwing his full support behind his colleague, who is being investigated by police.
“As the footage we have viewed is without sound, and there is a blind spot, we are still missing a big part of the story,” Wu said. “There are still two mysteries: one, the words Hui spoke [to the female officer]. Two, the testimony of the female.”