Hong Kong opposition lawmaker Ted Hui snatches woman’s phone and dashes into men’s toilet – but later apologises
Police report made against Democratic Party lawmaker as top government officials slammed ‘violent’ and ‘barbaric’ actions
An opposition lawmaker known for his exaggerated responses to hot button issues on Wednesday apologised to a civil servant for snatching her mobile phone and running into the men’s toilet, as his political party said it would fully investigate his “unacceptable” behaviour.
Ted Hui Chi-fung of the Democratic Party said: “I grabbed the phone of a government official without her consent yesterday. I admit that is not appropriate and I sincerely apologise to her.”
He admitted taking the Security Bureau employee’s phone to a Legislative Council complex toilet on Tuesday.
He stayed there for 10 minutes before emerging and handing the device to another government official.
The member of staff felt so harassed that she cried
The Security Bureau made a police report against Hui and top government officials criticised his actions as “violent” and “barbaric”.
Seven policemen turned up at the Legco complex on Wednesday night to photograph the area where the incident happened, including the corridor outside the meeting room and the toilet.
They also went into the security office, presumably to view CCTV footage.
The female civil servant had been contacting lawmakers to ensure a sufficient number of pro-establishment ones would turn up to form a quorum for a bills committee meeting.
