Opposition accused of prioritising politics above health

HONG KONG: Former head of Hong Kong’s legislature Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai has slammed opposition parties for placing politics before public health by holding crowded events despite the Covid-19 pandemic.

Fan, speaking on Tuesday, said the opposition held public activities, including regular anti-government assemblies in early July and so-called primary polls on July 11 and 12, days before the third wave of the outbreak struck the city.