- Lam Bun
Lam Bun (zh-c|c=林彬,
1930 -August 24 ,1967 ) was a radiocommentator inCommercial Radio Hong Kong . He was a victim of leftist activities during theHong Kong 1967 riots .Shimakawa, Karen. [2001] (2001). Orientations: Mapping Studies in the Asian Diaspora. Duke University Press. ISBN 0822327392.]1967 riot
During the 1967 riots, he criticized the leftist agitators on his own radio programmes, even creating a programme called "Can't Stop Striking" (欲罷不能) to satirize the leftist agitators.
On
August 24 ,1967 , Lam Bun was murdered while driving to work. A death squad, posing as road maintenance workers, stopped his vehicle on the street close to where he lived, stopped him from getting out and poured petrol onto Lam and his cousin. [Carroll, John M. [2007] (2007). A Concise History of Hong Kong. Rowman & Littlefield publishing. ISBN 0742534227.] They were both set on fire and burned alive. They both died later in a hospital. No one was arrested, although it was believed that 1967 riot leader,Yeung Kwong (楊光), was the one who ordered the murder.The Lam Bun event angered the people of Hong Kong, eventually leading the
government of Hong Kong to suppress the riots.With the help of
Commercial Radio Hong Kong and some Hong Kong citizens, his wife and his 3 daughters fled toFrance . His address, "18/F, Block C" became a radio programme on Commercial Radio Hong Kong in memory of him.Controversy 2001
In 2001, the believed riot leader
Yeung Kwong was awarded the highest honourGrand Bauhinia Medal inHong Kong . Critics in Hong Kong felt that it was inappropriate to award a riot leader who caused the murder of Lam Bun.References
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