HK leader under pressure over airport luggage claim

Hong Kong leader CY Leung is facing public pressure after a media report said he put pressure on airport staff to bypass security rules.

媒体报道香港特别行政区行政长官梁振英对机场工作人员施压以绕过安检，因而引起公众不满。

The Apple Daily alleged he had asked Cathay Pacific staff to help his daughter retrieve her carry-on luggage which had been left outside the restricted area on 28 March.

《苹果日报》称，在3月28日，他要求国泰工作人员帮助其女儿取回她遗留在候机区外的随身携带行李。

The bag was then delivered directly to the gate in violation of procedure, the report said.

该行李其后直接被送到登机口，这违反了程序，该报告说。

But Mr Leung denies speaking to staff.

但梁振英否认其向员工讲话。

The chairwoman of the Democratic Party, Emily Lau, has asked for an independent investigation into the incident.

民主党主席刘慧卿要求独立调查此事件。

According to airport security rules, passengers must exit the restricted area to get any left behind luggage and go through immigration again.

根据机场安全规定，旅客必须先出候机区，然后再取遗留下的行李，最后再通过边检出境。

The paper’s report said Leung Chung-yan, 23, was at the boarding gate for her flight to San Francisco from Hong Kong International airport when she realised she had left her carry-on bag outside the restricted area.

该报道说，23岁的梁颂昕当时在从香港国际机场到三藩市的登机口，意识到她的随身行李忘在了禁区外。

Her mother, Regina Leung Tong Ching-yee, who was in the restricted area as a "special person" to see her off asked the staff to bring the luggage to the gate, Apple Daily said.

她的母亲梁唐青仪当时在候机区内，以“特殊人物”的身份送她，并要求工作人员把行李拿到登机口，《苹果日报》报道。

The staff declined to do so.

工作人员拒绝她的要求。

Apple Daily says Ms Leung then called her father, who they allege then asked that the luggage be brought into the restricted area. The staff then brought the luggage as a "special case", the report said.

《苹果日报》报道说，梁太太随后叫她的丈夫出面，工作人员称他们被要求把行李拿到候机区。工作人员随后“破例”取了行李。

In a statement late on Wednesday, Mr Leung said although he knew about the incident, he did not have any contact with airport staff "let alone exerting pressure on them".

梁振英在星期三晚间发表的一份声明中说，虽然他知道这一事件，但他没有与机场工作人员联系，“更没有对他们施加压力”。

He denied that Mrs Regina Leung was in the restricted area and also that he had asked staff to address him as "Chief Executive Leung".

他否认梁太太也在候机区，并否认他要求工作人员称呼他为“梁特首”。

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