By South China Morning Post | Created at 2025-01-20 16:01:20 | Updated at 2025-01-20 18:49:19
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A Hong Kong lawmaker is under fire after accusing a former opposition district councillor of helping scam farm victims in Southeast Asia as part of a bid to run for a seat in the legislature.
Internet users on Monday were still flooding lawmaker Joephy Chan Wing-yan’s social media platforms over her comments earlier this month against Andy Yu Tak-po, formerly of the now-disbanded Civic Party.
Chan had said Yu, a former Yau Tsim Mong district council vice-chairman, was “pretending to be constructive” and had ulterior motives in publicly voicing the concerns of Hong Kong families whose loved ones had been lured into forced labour in Thailand and Myanmar.
Yu has denied the claims. He has said he has no intention to run for election.
The former district councillor has helped the families of two men who have since returned to the city.
“The Legislative Council election will be held this year. It is possible that [Yu] is paving his way for the election,” Chan said in a video uploaded to her YouTube channel.
