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Hong Kong’s Equal Opportunities Commission to study complaints about Wu Chi-wai, who yelled profanity at Chief Executive Carrie Lam
- Watchdog to re-examine whether Democratic Party leader Wu Chi-wai’s insult breached the Sex Discrimination Ordinance
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Hong Kong’s discrimination watchdog has promised to look into complaints against a democratic lawmaker who recentlyshouted a profanity at the city’s chief executive.
The pledge on Wednesday marked a reversal by the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), which last week cleared Democratic Party leader Wu Chi-wai of breaching the Sex Discrimination Ordinance.
The EOC said at the time that Wu’s vulgar outburst was not covered by the ordinance so it could not take action against him. The group said, however, that Wu’s comment was rude, inappropriate and degrading.
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The outburst came during a heated May 9 debate at the Legislative Council over the city’s contentious extradition bill. Wu, in a rare show of rage, loudly criticised Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor for what he called toeing the Communist Party line, and having no compassion for pushing the unpopular bill forward.
The bill, if passed, will allow the transfer of fugitives to places Hong Kong does not have an extradition deal with, including mainland China.
“How many people do we need to take to the street, pull their business [from the city] and move elsewhere to force you to stop?” Wu said at the meeting.
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