Dozens of Hongkongers returning from Pakistan protest against poor food during compulsory quarantine at government facility
- Nearly 200 city residents flying back from South Asian country on own accord must stay at government-run Chun Yeung Estate for 14 days
- Some returnees demand home quarantine as tensions rise over food provisions, with many fasting during the day for Ramadan
Dozens of Hongkongers who returned from Pakistan have protested over being forced into government quarantine due to the coronavirus pandemic by rejecting the food that was given to them and at one point even threatening to go on hunger strike, the Post has learned.
The food was poor quality and sometimes arrived long after sundown, leaving Muslims who had been fasting because of Ramadan hungry for hours, according to one returnee.
But on Wednesday, nearly 200 residents flew back from Pakistan on their own, taking a flight that transited in Doha, Qatar, and which landed shortly after 2.30pm.
The Security Bureau announced the compulsory quarantine arrangement for those returning on the first chartered flight at 2.11pm in Chinese and 2.48pm in English that day, but for the first time only mentioned the arrangement for residents who had arranged their own return.
