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Politics● Low3h ago · Nov 5, 2026, 11:55 AM

Hong Kong medical watchdog to hold by-election after member quits over conflict risk

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · East Asia

Hong Kong’s medical watchdog will hold a by-election after a prominent patients’ rights advocate resigned over concerns that his plan to represent the father of a girl who died after an alleged medical blunder at her inquest could create a conflict of interest. The Medical Council announced on Thursday that it will process matters related to the by-election for the vacancy created by the departure of Alex Lam Chi-yau, who submitted his written resignation as a lay member a day earlier. His...

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