Hot Pot Scandal Fuels Anger Over Hong Kong ‘Double Standards’
- Three top officials fined for dinner breaching virus measures
- Government pressed over light penalty amid protest crackdown
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Over the past year, Hong Kong has threatened protesters with jail for holding demonstrations banned to due virus-control measures. Now, a decision to forgive three senior officials for attending a dinner in violation of Covid rules has provided a new rallying cry for pro-democracy activists.
“The government has double standards,” Wai Chu, a 41-year-old engineer, said Wednesday. “As long as the person involved is on their side, they will be very tolerant, but when it comes to dealing with young people -- the opposition -- they will handle it rigorously.”