The Hong Kong Bar Association has filed a judicial challenge against a disciplinary panel’s decision to clear barrister and former opposition lawmaker Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee of professional misconduct over her participation in a 2019 anti-government protest. The association’s council on Friday applied for a judicial review of the disciplinary tribunal’s decision that Ng’s conviction for…
Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, once the city’s largest opposition force, will dissolve after 31 years, after most members present in a meeting voted to pass the motion, marking the end of an era. The Post learned on Sunday that nearly 100 people attended the two-hour meeting, with some representing others. A total of 117 members,…
For years, Winfield Chong Wing-fai, an executive committee member of the Democratic Party and long-term advocate against bid-rigging, has juggled countless invitations from Hong Kong residents to attend meetings of owners’ corporations, so homeowners can seek his advice on building maintenance projects. The number and frequency of those invitations increased exponentially after last month’s deadly…