Tag: Ng Chau-pei

Yonden Lhatoo laments the lack of common decency and basic empathy among local politicians over the fate of a convicted pro-democracy lawmaker with a life-threatening illness Just when we thought we couldn’t sink any lower, we find ourselves plumbing new depths in the toxic cesspool of political discourse that Hong Kong is floundering in. On the day that four out of nine leaders and key activists convicted on public nuisance charges over the 2014 Occupy protests were jailed for up to 16 months, sentencing for one of the most prominent faces among them had to be deferred. That was because Tanya Chan’s lawyer dropped a bombshell in court that the veteran opposition legislator was suffering from a life-threatening brain tumour and would have to undergo surgery soon. Tanya Chan is suffering from a life-threatening brain tumour. Photo: Sam Tsang “All of you turn out to have terminal diseases when it’s time to pay your debts. Not to be outdone in the insensitivity stakes, Ng was equally devoid of empathy in writing: “Illness should have no bearing on sentencing. Lawmaker Steven Ho posted a vile message on Facebook. Photo: Edward Wong I totally understand where all those baying for blood are coming from, given that protesters blocked roads for 79 straight days in the name of civil disobedience and fighting for greater democracy, and there is a price to pay for that under the rule of law. Cheng Chung-tai took nastiness to a whole new level with his Facebook post. Photo: Nora Tam Opposition lawmaker Cheng Chung-tai took it to a whole new level of nastiness with a Facebook post stating: “Officials in the Education Bureau, today you’ve finally understood the brutality of the education system when karma fell on you.