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Hundreds of Hong Kong civil servants and government employees have anonymously aired their frustrations against the city’s administration and the police’s handling of the recent unrest, with some threatening industrial action if their demands are not met by mid-August.
Civil servants from at least 44 departments, including non-frontline officers from the police force, the justice department and judiciary, issued two petitions.
In the first, issued on Wednesday, more than 400 executive officers (EO) from over 30 departments were critical of Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor for refusing to set up an independent inquiry into clashes into past weeks.
They also condemned the “slow police response” to a violent mob attack in Yuen Long last Sunday.
In a second statement, on Thursday, more than 230 civil servants also expressed frustrations.
“If the government continues to ignore public opinion, we will organise concrete industrial actions, so we can humbly join hands with the community at large and fulfil our responsibility as servants of our fellow citizens,” the statement read, with photos of their staff cards attached.