Hong Kong Bar Association looking into whether former government prosecutor had violated professional code
- Barrister Vivien Chan had allegedly used her Facebook account to attack local judges and opposition lawmakers
- The association has launched an inquiry after a politician filed complaints about her
Hong Kong’s professional body for barristers will investigate if a former government prosecutor has breached its code of conduct, after she allegedly attacked local judges for siding with anti-government protesters on her personal Facebook account.
Legal sources said the Bar Association had launched an inquiry against barrister Vivien Chan Man-wai after an opposition politician filed complaints about her.
An investigator from the association’s standing committee on discipline will be appointed whenever a complaint is received, a source said.
Chan had been assigned as a prosecutor by the Department of Justice in some cases after she left the prosecution division and went into private practice. She recently helped the department convict ousted lawmaker Au Nok-hin of assaulting a police officer by shouting through a loudspeaker and causing hearing loss for the officer.
