An interpreter criticised this week for performing poorly at the Lamma ferry disaster inquiry removed herself from the hearing on Wednesday morning.

The criticism appeared in the South China Morning Post on Wednesday, when a relative of two victims in the National Day tragedy said he was “stunned” by the woman’s inaccurate translations of witnesses’ accounts.

The interpreter appeared as usual when the morning session began, but did not return after the morning break. Commission chairman Mr Justice Michael Lunn said the woman did not feel well after reading the article. More >>