Avid pro-establishment supporter Leticia Lee died of coronavirus

Outspoken pro-establishment activist Lee See-yin died suddenly yesterday of suspected Covid-19 complications. 

She tested preliminary positive after her death, but had complained of a fever a few days before and had attended a doctor. 

It was not known if the doctor had run Covid-19 tests on her. 

Lee, former convener of the Justice Alliance and founder of Alliance in Support of our Police Force, was an outspoken pro-establishment supporter who recently called for Next Digital founder Jimmy Lai Chee-ying be sent to the mainland for trial, saying he had damaged the SAR and deserved the penalty.

Sources said Lee, 56, fainted in her residence at Yuen Kong San Tsuen in Yuen Long yesterday and was taken to Pok Oi Hospital by ambulance.

Lee was in critical condition before the ambulance arrived and showed no signs of life on the way to the hospital.

She was confirmed dead at the hospital and tested preliminarily positive for the coronavirus.

The hospital then informed the police and emergency rescuers about Lee’s infection, and two police constables have been listed as close contacts. They took Covid-19 tests and are waiting for the result.

Sources said the two police officers put on gloves and masks when trying to resuscitate Lee.

Lee once worked as a consultant on education policy for lawmaker Priscilla Leung Mei-fun, of the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong.

Leung said yesterday she was saddened by Lee’s death, adding she had discussed liberal studies issues with Lee earlier but did not notice she was sick.

Lee last posted on her Facebook page on Saturday, where she mocked former lawmaker Sixtus Leung Chung-hang, who had left for the United States to seek asylum.

"The US is indeed a heaven for Hong Kong fugitives! what a good thing!" Lee said.

Lee had also been caught up in court cases as her 26-year-old son, Nicholas Lau Chung-long, assaulted his stepfather -- Lee’s second husband, with a tripod in Yuen Long in June last year. 

Lau was imposed an 18-month binding-over order and ordered to pay HK$500 legal costs later at Tuen Mun Magistrate’s Court.