In Hong Kong, dozens of senior officials were sent to a quarantined camp for participating in a party without respecting barrier gestures.
The photo posted on social networks might seem trivial. It shows Witman Hung singing into a microphone, his arm around a young woman, all smiles. Hong Kong’s representative to the National People’s Congress of China celebrates his birthday amid dozens of diners at a bar on the island.
But at the start of the year, the Omicron variant has just appeared in Hong Kong. And in the photo, no one is wearing a mask, no social distancing is respected.
2022 starts with an old dude hosting a birthday party, inviting 100+ guests including 8 government officials. Here, birthday boi is mask-off and sings a hearty round of karaoke. And HK is on lockdown.
Who is he?
Witman Hung, JP, member of the Chinese National People’s Congress https://t.co/SwvhjLhCIo pic.twitter.com/BM1TUE5MZ9– Verbatim HKG ?? (@VerbatimHKG) January 7, 2022
The case is scandalous
Two guests tested positive. All were therefore summoned and sent for three weeks to a quarantined camp, as is planned for contact cases. And it doesn’t matter if the 170 party attendees include high-ranking Hong Kong dignitaries: the Home Affairs Minister, police chiefs and 19 members of the Legislative Council, which is due to hold its first session on Wednesday.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam said to herself “ very disapointed By this case. Several officials had to issue a public apology.
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