Hong Kong fourth wave: South Asian residents, concern groups outraged over official’s coronavirus remarks

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has sought to reassure members of ethnic minority groups caught up in an escalating Covid-19 outbreak in Hong Kong’s Yau Tsim Mong district that they have not been targeted based on race or ethnicity, after an outcry sparked by a health official’s suggestion that their “behaviour put them at risk”.“There is absolutely no suggestion of the spread of disease relating to race or ethnicity,” Lam said on Tuesday. “If there is any misunderstanding arising…

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