Top Hong Kong public figures quarantined after birthday party

Politicians and officials isolated and shamed for flouting virus restrictions

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The spartan quarantine facility at Penny's Bay on Lantau Island was completed last year as part of Hong Kong's COVID-19 pandemic response. © Reuters

PAK YIU, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- More than two dozen Hong Kong politicians and top government officials, including the city's immigration chief, were ordered on Friday into a spartan quarantine facility at Penny's Bay on Lantau Island after they were exposed to suspected COVID-19 cases at a birthday party.

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