'Civil servants suspected of crimes must be fired'

Holden Chow says the public has grave concerns about the government's attitude towards civil servants accused of misconduct. Photo: RTHK

Holden Chow

DAB lawmaker Holden Chow on Sunday criticised the government for not sacking civil servants accused of joining unlawful assemblies and violent activities during the recent protests.



The pro-Beijing councillor alleged that by not firing these suspects, the administration was condoning what he called the serious wrongdoings of its staff.



Chow, who's also a lawyer by profession, was speaking on RTHK's Letter to Hong Kong.



He said the government had reported that 43 such complaints against civil servants, yet only a few of them had been terminated, and the public had grave concerns about such a complacent attitude.



Chow added that civil servants were the pillars of one country two systems, and he could not imagine how Hong Kong's constitutional framework could be robustly maintained if civil servants were minded to ruin or aid the ruin of the one country two systems principle without consequences.



And he said another grave concern shared by many parents was the lack of penalties for teachers who openly spread inflammatory comments or hate speech to their students.



Chow said sadly the Education Bureau had failed to come up with a convincing action plan to penalise these teachers, and no serious action was taken.