Hong Kong protests: Carrie Lam has ruled out commission of inquiry into police actions, so what can replace it and will it work?
- In a new series of in-depth articles on the unrest rocking Hong Kong, the Post goes behind the headlines to look at the underlying issues, current state of affairs, and where it is all heading
- As Lam accedes to one of the protesters’ demands, we look into other ways the chief executive can quell the violence and whether she can learn from Britain’s London riots or the ‘yellow vests’ in France
On Wednesday, when word leaked that Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was about to make an important announcement, political watchers were betting she would tick off two of the five demands of protesters who have been taking to the streets for nearly three months.
Just last week, during a closed-door meeting with 19 of the city’s most influential figures at Government House, she did not reject the option.
Since June, several heavyweights including religious leaders, former government officials and former chief justice Andrew Li Kwok-nang have added their voices to the protesters’ demand for a judge-led, legally binding independent COI.
The protesters have used the label of “police brutality” to describe the force’s actions in calling for such a probe.