Former Hong Kong lawmaker Philip Wong, who stirred controversy during 2003 security law battle, dies at 82
- The pro-establishment figure and former National People’s Congress delegate died in the United States after a six-month battle with brain cancer
- Wong drew hundreds of complaints after directing a vulgar gesture at 50,000 residents who had gathered to protest against unpopular bill
Former Hong Kong pro-establishment lawmaker Philip Wong Yu-hong has died in the United States at the age of 82 after a six-month battle with brain cancer.
Leung Fung-yee, Wong’s wife, informed her friends and relatives in a message seen by the Post that her husband had passed away in hospital on Sunday night, saying he had “opened his eyes and looked at her” just hours before he died.
“[My husband] had been diagnosed with lung cancer five years ago, but had since recovered. It was earlier this year that we discovered the cancer cells had spread to his brain,” his wife wrote, adding that Wong had been in a coma for more than two months.
“He had been unconscious, but we had not given up on treatment. We just hoped he could wake up so that I could share some happy news with him … I just feel extremely saddened [by his death], and I need some more time to calm down before I can arrange his funeral.”