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Security guard accuses bosses in Hong Kong Legco of making staff declare political allegiance
- Woman said she and other guards were asked by management to fill in a form to indicate whether they were in ‘blue’ or ‘yellow’ camps
- Legco president Andrew Leung pledges to treat complaint ‘with utmost seriousness’
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Hong Kong’s legislature will investigate allegations that its security guards were asked to declare their political allegiance at the request of the secretariat.
The Legislative Council Commission, which oversees all administrative operations, announced the investigation on Thursday after a security guard complained she and her colleagues were asked to fill in a form two years ago to indicate whether they belonged to the “yellow” or “blue” ribbon camps.
Yellow and blue ribbons symbolised the pro-democracy and pro-establishment camps during the 79-day Occupy protests in 2014 which brought parts of the city to a standstill.
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Legco president Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen, who chairs the commission and which consists of up to 13 lawmakers, pledged to treat the complaint “with utmost seriousness”.
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“I must stress the secretariat has always upheld the principle of political neutrality,” he said.
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