Tsang blamed for delay in Manila hostage crisis settlement
Tse Chi-hang blamed a lack of "engagement" by the administration of former chief executive Donald Tsang for the prolonged delay in Hong Kong reaching a diplomatic resolution with the Philippines.
A brother of the tour guide killed in the 2010 Manila bus hijacking blamed a lack of "engagement" by the administration of former chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen for the prolonged delay in Hong Kong reaching a diplomatic resolution with the Philippines.
Tse Chi-hang also confirmed that Philippine officials - who reached a deal on Wednesday with relatives of the eight Hongkongers who were killed, which included a public expression of "most sorrowful regret" - did privately apologise for Manila's handling of the incident.
Tse, whose brother Masa Tse Ting-chunn died in the tragedy, said he felt the matter could have been resolved earlier.
"During the first or second year [after the incident], the government did not engage with the negotiations with the Philippines. The [dispute] could have been resolved earlier if the government had been more proactive," Tse told RTHK.
Tsang was the chief executive at the time of the tragedy, before he was succeeded by Leung Chun-ying in mid-2012.