HK official resigns after Covid-19 party scandal


HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s Secretary for Home Affairs has resigned weeks after attending the birthday party of a delegate to China’s legislature, where two of some 200 guests tested positive for Covid-19.

Caspar Tsui was among 15 officials who attended the 53rd birthday of Witman Hung, a city delegate to the national legislature, before new Covid-19 restrictions came into force but after Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam appealed to people to avoid big gatherings.

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