Occupy Central initiator accused of interfering in Macau

Benny Tai

Associate Professor of Law at the University of Hong Kong, Benny Tai, has been accused of instigating chaos in Macau, according to a report by Hong Kong Commercial Daily.

Tai has written articles for Hong Kong newspapers, including Apple Daily, attempting to drive ThunderGo – a call for more than half of the lawmakers to not be pro-Beijing players – in Macau to create impact over the MSAR’s ongoing Legislative Assembly (AL) election.

Timothy Kwai, a member of the Chinese Association of Hong Kong and Macao Studies, wrote one article on Macao Daily News condemning Tai’s writings for inciting the public to break the Basic Law.

Tai’s articles include pieces teaching Macau residents – namely those seeking universal suffrage for both lawmakers and the Chief Executive – the proper voting strategy for the AL election. In his articles, he also calls on voters to spread the strategy among themselves.

“Tai […] on one hand, can show to foreign strengths that he has the ability to instigate the Occupy Central to cause disarray in Hong Kong, and he also has a plan to cause disarray in Macau,” Kwai wrote in his opinion.

Tai has also expressed the view that the Macau government should be held accountable for the consequences of the Typhoon Hato disaster.

Kwai, however, said that the AL and the government cannot be completely blamed for the typhoon disaster.

“Tai’s appeal to the Macau public will definitely end up failing. The Judiciary Police should take actions regarding illegal behavior,” said Kwai.