Melissa Kaye Pang, the former president of the Hong Kong Law Society, who is known to be from the pro-Beijing camp, was re-elected with five other candidates, for the six available seats in the Council of Law Society of Hong Kong on Aug. 23. Mark Daly, a human rights lawyer, considered to be “liberal” by critics, failed in his re-election bid. The number of “liberal” Council Members has been reduced from five to four out of the 20-member Council.
Calvin K. Cheng, Hau Pak-sun, Simon John McConnell, Shum Hin-han, and Vincent S.K. Tso are elected, in addition to Melissa Kaye Pang. Among them, Cheng, McConnell, and Pang were re-elected.
