William Wong Wa-fun, Senior Court Prosecutor II of the Department of Justice (DoJ), Hong Kong, who, in his internal email, accused the police of “blatant lying” during the anti-extradition movement and who was accused of calling on colleagues to participate in the banned candlelight vigil on June 4, 2020, was placed under disciplinary inquiry and found guilty of two counts of misconduct. In March this year (2024), he was summarily dismissed from his post and stripped of his pension entitlement by the Civil Service Bureau (CSB). Mr. Wong applied to the High Court on June 6 for judicial review, seeking to overturn the decision.
The writ indicates William Wong Wa-fun as the applicant and the Secretary for the CSB as the respondent. The writ stated that Mr. Wong became a court prosecutor in October 1992 and was promoted to the Senior Court Prosecutor II in 2004. He was suspended in March 2021 and was placed under internal disciplinary inquiry by the CSB between January 2022 and April 2023. In July 2023, he was found guilty of two counts of misconduct, and was dismissed this year and stripped of his pension entitlement built up over nearly 30 years.
