Junius Ho’s ‘killed mercilessly’ comment to be probed ‘fairly’, Hong Kong police chief says
Stephen Lo Wai-chung also brushed aside accusations that the force was biased as controversial lawmaker is from pro-establishment camp
The comments by a pro-establishment lawmaker who called for pro-independence activists to be “killed mercilessly” would be investigated “fairly”, Hong Kong’s police chief said on Saturday.
Commissioner of Police Stephen Lo Wai-chung said the case involving legislator Junius Ho Kwan-yiu had been handed over to detectives under the Hong Kong Island team, which would seek advice from the Department of Justice if needed. No one has been arrested.
“We investigate each case fairly and justly ... We can only make arrests when we have reasonable grounds to suspect that someone had violated the Hong Kong ordinances,” Lo said, brushing aside accusations that police were biased as Ho was from the pro-establishment camp.
On Tuesday, former pan-democratic lawmaker Gary Fan Kwok-wai, took the case to police after Ho challenged people to report him for earlier remarks made at a rally.
Fan accused Ho of breaching the Public Order Ordinance with his intimidating words.
