Starry Lee to Exit Stage Right

Lee has announced she will step down as head of the DAB

Starry Lee Wai-king, chairwoman of the largest political party in Hong Kong has announced she will step down due to workload concerns.

Lee who headed the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong for eight years, made the announcement on a Facebook post on Tuesday.

Remember this striking image from May 2020?

"With limited time and limited work capability, I am starting to realise that it may not be conducive to the development of the party [if I continue]," Lee, 49, said.

"After careful consideration, I have decided not to run for election as DAB chairman. I am pleased to see that there is much talent in the party and I am certain that the future chairman will be more successful."

She was the first female DAB leader when she succeeded party veteran Tam Yiu-chung in 2015.

But we remember her most for her power grab in May 2020 when security guards removed 15 pro-democracy lawmakers, including Lam Cheuk-ting from a meeting room regarding the election of the House Committee chairperson.

Pro-democracy politicians like Lam were ejected

The sight of masked security personnel surrounding her as she sat in the chairperson seat was a sign of things to come...

And three years later she is giving up all this power?

Seems like an unceremoniously early exit for this ambitious woman.