Paul Hong

Since 2005, the prelate received HK$ 20 million from tycoon Jimmy Lai. They were spent helping Chinese students abroad, the official and underground Church on the mainland, priests and nuns, dioceses in difficulty, prison inmates and the poor as well as the translation of Church literature and documents into Chinese. The controversy breaks out right at the onset of the cardinal’s hunger strike. Meanwhile, pro-mainland parties refuse to reveal their financial backers.

The cardinal criticizes the decision of the Supreme Court in favour of government control (and China) which is likely to destroy the educational system of the territory, considered among the best. Card. Zen will take only water and communion every day. Revelations of donations received by him, attempt to cast suspicion on use. The long list of help he has provided: scholarships, donations to disaster hit dioceses , theological texts and translations of documents of the Church.