Show me your abs: Pro-Beijing legislator features police commissioner in YouTube video, asks some seriously cringey questions

Pro-Beijing lawmaker speaks to police chief Chris Tang in a video uploaded on Sept. 26, 2020. Screenshot via YouTube/Elizabeth Quat
Pro-Beijing lawmaker speaks to police chief Chris Tang in a video uploaded on Sept. 26, 2020. Screenshot via YouTube/Elizabeth Quat

Ever wondered where Hong Kong’s police commissioner got his black-framed glasses? Or what his favorite hotpot dishes are?

Neither have we.

But thanks to pro-Beijing legislator Elizabeth Quat, we now have answers to questions we never asked.

In a YouTube video uploaded on Quat’s channel earlier this week, the lawmaker “interviewed” the city’s US-sanctioned police chief asking him a series of rapid-fire, trivial questions before easing into the serious stuff.

“Have you ever had 8-pack abs?” Quat asked.

“At my peak, I had a 6-pack, but now I only have one,” Tang responded, laughing.

When she asked if he has pictures, he joked that he’ll show them to her privately.

“Just privately? I was hoping to show it publicly for everybody to admire!” Quat quipped, eyeing the camera.

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In another painfully awkward exchange, Quat asked Tang what he likes ordering at local-style restaurants, or cha chan tengs. He said he enjoys milk tea and egg tarts.

“Milk tea and egg tarts? Ooh, I like that too! Does everybody like [them]?” She chirped, throwing in a rhetorical question for good measure. “Next time let’s introduce the best spots for milk tea and egg tarts!”

Quat, who’s believed to have obtained her bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at a diploma mill, appears to feel more at home asking inane talk show questions than discussing the finer points of lawmaking. (During a Legislative Council panel meeting, she once seemed confused as to how there could be Indian refugees with legitimate need in Hong Kong when there “have not been wars in India recently.”)

The second half of the video consisted of Quat asking Tang about the authorities’ redefinition of media representatives. Under the new regulations, only government-registered outlets and “internationally known” foreign media would be recognized, while accreditation from press associations will no longer be accepted.

The rules amount to a form of media vetting not unlike what is exercised in mainland China, where there is no free press, many have criticized.

Predictably, Tang defended the new policies. Reporters were once very cooperative and disciplined, he said.

“But in the past year, we’ve seen a lot of people wearing yellow vests who appear to be reporters,” he said, adding that they actively take part in the protests, obstruct law enforcement and carry out attacks on police officers.

Tang said the force has introduced a new system whereby only representatives from certain media outlets will be allowed past police cordon, keeping out those they believe are there to create trouble.

Previously, he added, no reporters were allowed into restricted zones. So the new policies simply means some will have special access, while others won’t, he explained.

“We really cherish our relationship with the media, and we really cherish our relationship with the community.”

Okay, top cop. Whatever you say.



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