Medical group aligned with opposition in Hong Kong comes under official scrutiny for range of criticisms
- Hospital Authority Employees Alliance asked to provide details about eight issues, including comments about Chinese-made Sinovac vaccine
- The Labour Department’s Registry of Trade Unions has given them until Friday to respond, and delisting the group is one possible outcome
Hong Kong’s labour union authority has required a pro-opposition medical group to submit information about its past work, according to its leader, sparking fears the body could be outlawed.
The Hospital Authority Employees Alliance received a letter from the Labour Department’s Registry of Trade Unions earlier this month asking for a written submission with the details by Friday, the group’s acting chairman David Chan Kwok-shing told the Post on Wednesday.
“We plan to comply. We noticed that there could be different outcomes, such as warnings or even disqualification, so we are still discussing with our legal team on how exactly we are responding,” said the nurse from the Caritas Medical Centre public hospital.
Last month the registry informed the General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists it would be deregistered as early October 13. The authority cited the Trade Unions Ordinance that allows for unions to be delisted if they were used for any unlawful purpose. But they have at least two months to appeal the decision.
