The new head of Hong Kong’s Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) has said that his organisation should stay “neutral and unbiased,” adding there were no immediate plans to push for legal protection for sexual minorities.
Alfred Ip, chairperson of the LGBTQ rights group Pink Alliance, welcomed some of Chu’s pro-gay comments but also expressed reservations.
“Under previous leadership, EOC has already done studies on relevant issues and proposed ways forward,” Ip wrote in a statement to HKFP.
“We would urge Mr Chu to carefully reconsider a stance of neutrality on an issue so integral to the conversation on discrimination of LGBT+ people in Hong Kong.”
“Neutrality on human rights is never an option,” Ip added.
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