Hong Kong home affairs chief resigns after Covid-hit birthday bash scandal


HONG KONG, Jan 31 (Reuters): Hong Kong's Secretary for Home Affairs resigned on Monday weeks after attending the birthday party of a delegate to China's legislature, where two of some 200 guests tested positive for Covid-19.

Caspar Tsui (pic) was among 15 officials who went to the 53rd birthday of Witman Hung, a city delegate to the national legislature, before new Covid-19 restrictions came into force, but after Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam appealed to people to avoid big gatherings.

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