Hong Kong politicians sent to quarantine after birthday party | Coronavirus pandemic News

Among those sent to Camp Forty were Interior Secretary Caspar Tsui and Immigration Chief Au Ka-wang.

Dozens of Hong Kong’s top officials and politicians entered the quarantine on Friday after health officials found a second case of coronavirus and many of the city’s political elites attended a birthday party.

“Everyone at the party should be quarantined,” said Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Hong Kong Health Protection Center.

Interior Secretary Caspar Tsui was sent to the quarantine camp on Thursday, saying he had a close relationship with a potential carrier.

On Friday, he was accompanied by four other politicians and the head of immigration, Au Ka-wang, who all went to a birthday party at a pintxo restaurant on Monday.

“I offer my sincere apologies to all the people of Hong Kong. I have reflected on this event and will be vigilant in the future,” Au said in a statement.

He added that he had been at the restaurant for a short time and “congratulated my friend and immediately went to sit down without a meal”.

“I feel like I acted irresponsible and I have to regret it,” MP Duncan Chiu told local radio. “This is a bad example.”

Hong Kong chief Carrie Lam said she was “very disappointed” at the grand official meeting.

According to local media, Witman Hung was held to celebrate the birthday of a member of China’s main law enforcement agency.

The appearance of Omikron

At the time the party was legal under the rules, health officials had advised people three days earlier to avoid major gatherings.

The government went up Restrictions on COVID-19 this week they were found by a flight crew member after a small appearance of the Omicron variant.

Several local outlets took a photo of Hung showing her arm around the shoulder of a smiling woman singing in a microphone, both disguised.

Hung, who apologized late Thursday, was also sent to quarantine, local media said.

The party was also attended by nine senior government officials – including the city’s police chief and head of the anti-corruption agency – but was not ordered to be quarantined when they left the residence before the alleged COVID carrier arrived.

Earlier this week, Lame said the airline should take responsibility for violating the rules of the flight crew, even though “they may not be aware of all the actions of their staff.”

Asked by reporters if he should do the same on Thursday, Lame said it would be “bad for the government” to take responsibility for the conduct of his ministers, who were expected to lead by example.

It is not the first time that officials have been found in hot water due to health regulations.

Last year, three immigration officials, including Au, were fined for violating the rules of social exclusion in a luxury club with a continental food-eating jar.

Legislative Council meeting

The latest entry into the Hong Kong’s forty-day forty-day facility has left the city authorities red-faced as they set up a new “patriotic-only” legislature, which is set to hold its first meeting next Wednesday.

Officials individually confirmed that the parliamentarians sent to the quarantine would miss the start of the legislature, Parliament Speaker Andrew Leung said he hoped next week’s meeting would continue as planned.

A new group of 90 city politicians was elected last month in accordance with Beijing’s new rules, which examined all candidates for “patriotism.”

Only 20 were directly selected from the low turnout, and the rest were selected by trusted committees in favor of Beijing.