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Hong Kong lawmaker pulls out of New People’s Party primary election for Legislative Council candidacy

  • Eunice Yung drops out of primary election to be her party’s candidate for New Territories East constituency in Legislative Council polls
  • The incumbent says the contest is a fix and accuses her rival of failing to serve the constituency

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Pro-establishment lawmaker Eunice Yung has quit a primary race to be her party’s candidate in the Legco elections. Photo: RTHK
A pro-establishment lawmaker has dropped out of the race in her party to be a candidate in the Legislative Council elections in September, slamming the process as favouring outsiders.
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Eunice Yung Hoi-yan pulled out of the New People’s Party primary election for the New Territories East constituency she currently represents as infighting surfaced with her rival for the backing, Dominic Lee Tsz-king, who quit the Liberal Party last Thursday to run in the internal ballot.

“Some experiences this week made me believe that the primary mechanism has been tailor-made for someone,” Yung told a media gathering on Tuesday. “I highly suspect that the result was decided already.”

She accused Lee of failing to serve New Territories East after losing the Legco election four years ago, adding he did not properly cooperate with party members working at district level.

Chairwoman of New People’s Party Regina Ip (right) says she doesn’t understand why Eunice Yung (left) has quit the race so early. Photo: Dickson Lee
Chairwoman of New People’s Party Regina Ip (right) says she doesn’t understand why Eunice Yung (left) has quit the race so early. Photo: Dickson Lee
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“I am not willing to support someone who has not served the district,” she said.

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