Primary election case defendant Michael Cheuk Kei Pang, Basic Law Student Research Centre president, cited Xi speech at talk
任基本法學生研究中心會長 初選案彭卓棋講座引習講話
Former Yuen Long district councillor Tommy Sau Yin Cheung, who was embroiled in a debt scandal, was found to have joined the Basic Law Student Research Centre founded by Paul Kwok Wah Yip, a special adviser to former Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, prompting suspicions of political defection. Michael Cheuk Kei Pang, one of the defendants in the pan-democrat primary election case and a former Southern District councillor, was likewise found to have served as president of the Basic Law Student Research Centre and to have attended its activities, where the person cited a July 1 speech by President Xi Jinping.
捲入欠債醜聞嘅元朗區前區議員張秀賢，再被發現加入前特首董建華特別顧問葉國華創辦嘅「基本法學生研究中心」，引起「變節」疑雲。民主派初選案被告之一、南區前區議員嘅彭卓棋同樣被發現擔任「基本法學生研究中心」會長，並曾出席活動，引用國家主席習近平嘅七一講話。