Chief Executive CY Leung during the 2013 policy address. (Photo: VoA via Wikimedia Commons)
Sounding almost like a Buddhist mantra that leaves one scratching one’s head rather than enlightened, Chief Executive CY Leung said that nonviolence (e.g. peaceful protests) can lead to violence (e.g. explosives).
The chief executive made the remarks before the Executive Council meeting on Tuesday morning.
He was explaining that certain groups use the principle of nonviolence to justify their illegal behaviours, which might lead some to use a similar justification for their violent activities.
“Even if these activities are non-violent, if we rationalise them, we will only let people with a violent tendency use the same reason to rationalise their violent behaviour,” Leung said, according to the SCMP.
According to a government press release, CY Leung also said: “But I shall reiterate a position which I take, which everyone in Hong Kong should take too, and this is we don’t tolerate any kind or any form of illegal activities, whether it is violent or non-violent. And we definitely should not legitimise illegal activities, whether they are non-violent or violent.”
“Illegal is illegal,” he emphasised. Okay. Got it.
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