Yau Wai-Ching

Yau was suggested by Bubalabobo. Where is Rumpole of the Bailey when you need him?

Yau is a Hong Kong politician belonging to the Young Inspiration political party, which generally favors Hong Kong independence. Born May 6, 1991, Yau won a legislative seat becoming the youngest female to do so. She was in office for about 11 days before, and in the first meeting of the session, she and a colleague had their qualifications challenged by the government. It seems Yau and her colleague inserted their own words into the oath of office pronouncing China as “Chee-na”, which has been a big no-no for the last 80 years, and mispronounced “People’s Republic of China” as “people’s re-fucking of Chee-na”.

Oddly enough the Chinese, known for being a barrel of laughs, took umbrage and had the The National People’s Congress Standing Committee interpret an article of the basic law of Hong Kong, clarifying a provision that requires legislators to swear allegiance to Hong Kong as a part of China and oppose Hong Kong independence when they take office. On November 15, 2016 both Yau and her colleague got the boot. While I admire the cojones, as we say in these parts, Yau and her colleague may have acted a bit impetuously as young people often do. You can see more stuff on her Facebook page.