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https://scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3025752/chief-executive-carrie-lam-announces-panel-investigate
Hong Kong/ Politics

Independent panel to investigate Hong Kong protest crisis won’t solve public’s deep distrust of government, critics say

  • Committee to investigate political and socio-economic causes of protest crisis – but few details given
  • Panel compared to Ferguson Commission in US – but detractors say solutions needed, not more studies
Riot police officers clash with Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protesters. Photo: Felix Wong

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor on Wednesday said she would appoint a panel of experts to investigate the political and socio-economic causes of the city’s protest crisis, in what a government insider compared to the Ferguson Commission in the United States.

But some Hong Kong analysts were immediately sceptical, saying Lam’s panel fell short of a judge-led inquiry and that the scope of the protest movement and its glaring distrust of local government and institutions needed a solution – rather than more studies.