Security guards stand around after covering up spilled contents of a container stuffed with decayed plants brought to the Legislative Council chamber by opposition legislator Ted Hui Chi-fung (not in photograph) on Hong Kong on May 28, 2020. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

Opposition lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung on Monday morning became the eighth politician to be arrested following chaotic scenes during a Legislative Council (LegCo) meeting on May 8.

The 38-year-old announced the arrest on his social media account, saying that he was arrested on suspicion of contempt and interference under the Legislative Council (Power and Privileges) Ordinance, when he reported to the Western Police Station over a separate charge related to an anti-government protest in Tuen Mun on July 6, 2019.

In a statement, the Hong Kong police confirmed Hui’s arrest. He was granted bail and will appear again at Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Thursday afternoon

In a statement, the Hong Kong police confirmed Hui’s arrest. He was granted bail and will appear again at Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Thursday afternoon.

Seven other opposition politicians were arrested on the same charges on Sunday, including Hui’s Democratic Party colleagues Wu Chi-wai, Andrew Wan Siu-kin and Helena Wong Pik-wan; the Labour Party’s Fernando Cheung Chiu-hung and Steven Kwok Wing-kin; and former lawmakers Eddie Chu Hoi-dick and Raymond Chan Chi-chuen.

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If convicted, they face up to 12 months in prison and a fine of HK$10,000 (US$1,290).

On May 8, a special afternoon meeting of the LegCo House Committee descended into turmoil after opposition lawmakers engaged in shouting and scuffles, prompting chairwoman Starry Lee Wai-king to expel them from the chamber.

The meeting was held to end the opposition camp’s seven-month filibustering, which held up at least 14 bills and 89 pieces of subsidiary legislation.

During the meeting, opposition lawmakers shouted slogans and repeatedly stormed a defensive line formed by security guards around the chairperson’s desk, where Lee was seated. Kwok was seen tossing paper across the chamber from the public galleries.

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Hui, along with former lawmakers Chan and Chu, also hurled rotten plants and foul-smelling liquids during council meetings on May 28 and June 4 in an attempt to disrupt passage of the National Anthem Bill. Then-lawmaker Rebecca Chan Hoi-yan was hospitalized after being exposed to the smell. The three were later ordered to pay a total of HK$252,000 for disinfection and cleaning.

On Oct 15, the LegCo Secretariat filed a police report, alleging Hui took away three ballot tickets during the election of a LegCo development panel chairperson.

LegCo President Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen said that, during the last legislative session, a record 25 lawmakers were ejected from the council on 97 occasions for “grossly disorderly conduct”.

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