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Hong Kong lawmakers on both sides mull reporting rivals to police after Legislative Council row turned physical

  • Two opposition legislators say they are ready to make formal allegations of assault, pro-establishment side also considering filing complaints
  • Meeting of Legislative Council’s House Committee on Friday descended into scuffles, slanging matches amid row over panel gridlock

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Pan-democrat lawmaker Raymond Chan, pictured being removed from Legco’s chamber, is among those to make allegations relating to Friday’s mayhem. Photo: Dickson Lee
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Lawmakers on both sides of the political divide are considering whether to report their rivals to police after a row in Hong Kong’s legislature over control of a key committee descended into chaos in the chamber.
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Two opposition legislators revealed on Saturday they planned to make formal allegations of assault, while the pro-establishment camp was mulling filing complaints of its own to the force.

It follows a turbulent meeting of the Legislative Council’s House Committee on Friday, when a pro-establishment leader Starry Lee Wai-king sparked mayhem by assuming the chairmanship and booting out 11 opponents.

Among those thrown out was opposition legislator Raymond Chan Chi-chuen, who has accused Kwok Wai-keung of assault during the melee.

One of Chan’s pan-democrat colleagues Andrew Wan Siu-kin also said he suffered bruising as he accused two pro-establishment figures Wong Ting-kwong and Junius Ho Kwan-yiu of hitting him in the chest.

The panel, which scrutinises bills and decides when they can be tabled for a final vote, has been gridlocked since October because of its failure to elect a chair amid a bitter row between the pro-establishment and opposition camps.

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The political dispute turned physical on Friday after Lee took the chairman’s seat to start clearing the backlog of bills for review.

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