Lester Shum moves motion urging aid for families of 12 Hong Kong detainees; Tsuen Wan Home Affairs officials walk out
岑敖暉提動議促援助12港人家屬 荃灣民政即拉隊走佬
The 12 Hong Kong residents detained by the China Coast Guard have been held for nearly a month. At a Tsuen Wan District Council meeting this afternoon, Lester Shum and Tse Man-chak put forward an urgent motion urging the government to assist the detainees’ families, including rejecting “government-appointed lawyers” and allowing lawyers appointed by the families to meet the detainees as soon as possible. Officials from the Home Affairs Department, the secretariat and other departments immediately left, leaving District Council Vice-Chairman Lee Hung-po to take the minutes. The motion was ultimately passed with support from the pro-democracy camp, and the letter will be forwarded to several government departments.
12名港人遭中國海警拘捕，關押至今已近一個月。荃灣區議會下午開會，岑敖暉、謝旻澤提出臨時動議，促請政府援助被捕者家屬，包括拒絕「官派律師」，讓家屬委托的律師盡快會見被捕人等。民政處、秘書和其他部門的官員即時拉隊走人，要由區議會副主席李洪波負責記錄；動議最後在民主派支持下獲通過，該信件將轉交多個政府部門。