Opinion | Justice chief Teresa Cheng doesn’t think she owes Hong Kong any explanation about the CY Leung case. She’s clueless
- Alice Wu says the justice minister previously said the public should focus on her department’s work, not her illegal structures scandal. Now, ironically, after the saga of the CY Leung case, she’d rather they didn’t scrutinise her work too closely
It’s anyone’s guess why she even bothered to meet the media. She didn’t offer an explanation – most people would not call her tirade anything of the sort. It explained nothing – Cheng spent most of her time emphasising that she has no further comment. And yet, it explained a lot, although not on the matter of huge public interest, but on how arrogant and ignorant Cheng is.
It is ludicrous for a top official to basically say she does not care about public concerns or about allaying doubt and suspicion over preferential treatment. It is a dereliction of duty for the justice chief to display such contempt for the public and so little understanding of the need to be open and willing to provide the public with an explanation, in order to protect public confidence in due process and the rule of law. And, it is incredible that Cheng still can’t grasp what holding public office means.
