Wanchai councillor wants to probe police actions

Wan Chai district councillor Clarisse Yeung says the incoming council hopes to work with government departments, including police. Photo: RTHK

Wan Chai district councillor Clarisse Yeung said on Wednesday that the council plans to look at allegations of police brutality, and hopes government departments, including police, will cooperate.



This comes after the pro-democracy camp wrested majority control of the Wan Chai district from pro-Beijing members.



Speaking to reporters after taking part in a radio programme, she said she wanted the public to be involved.



"After the chair person has been elected. we will start to invite all the representatives to the District Council to discuss (the matter) and we will hold a public meeting," Yeung said.



She said they hoped to hold the public meeting in Victoria Park "so that the public can attend".



She hoped that all government departments, including police, would offer the incoming District Council the same level of cooperation that it offered previous councils.



She said she and other councillors will also look at ways to halt a plan to build a HK$140-million activities centre in Moreton Terrace, that will see a volleyball court demolished if it goes ahead.



Meanwhile, veteran Yuen Long district councillor Zachary Wong from the Democratic Party said the pro-democracy camp also have similar plans, and will follow up on the Yuen Long attacks in the MTR station on July 21 last year.



He said a special committee will be set up and the police, as well as witnesses and people who were injured in the attacks, will be invited to attend the hearings.