Lam So-wai’s LegCo question accused of plagiarising Paul Tse: “It’s mine, and I will take responsibility”
林素蔚立法會質詢涉抄襲謝偉俊：條嘢喺我嘅會承擔責任
A column in the Hong Kong Economic Journal today said a “senior legislator” had claimed that a newcomer’s oral question involved plagiarism, with 203 of its 225 words matching a question from seven years ago. The column did not name the legislator. A review of records, however, showed that the legislator accused of plagiarism was Lam So-wai, elected for the first time after the electoral system was “improved”, while the question allegedly copied was a written question submitted by Paul Tse in 2016 on preventing diabetes and introducing a sugar tax. The Independent Media asked Lam So-wai about the matter. She said she had always been concerned about a sugar tax, and that some of the content differed from Tse’s question seven years ago, describing it as helping the other party follow up on the issue. Asked whether she had discussed the matter with her legislative assistant, Lam said: “This question is mine, and I will take responsibility. Whatever my colleagues have done, I’m the boss, right? I can’t shirk responsibility.”
《信報》今日專欄指有「資深議員」稱新手的口頭質詢涉抄襲，提問的225字中有203字與七年的質詢相同，專欄未有開名。不過翻查資料，被指抄襲的議員為「完善」後首次當選的林素蔚，被抄襲的則為謝偉俊在2016年的書面質詢，議題為預防糖尿病及開徵糖稅。《獨媒》就此向林素蔚查詢，她指一直關注糖稅，部分內容亦與謝在七年前的提問不同，形容是「幫助」對方跟進。被問到是否曾否與議員助理商討，林素蔚指「呢條嘢喺我嘅，我都承擔責任嘅，同事做成點，我係老闆呀嘛，我唔能夠推卸責任」。