The Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (HKPORI), often accused of conducting polls for money, suddenly announced on Feb. 13 that it would indefinitely suspend all self-funded research activities. The institute also stated it might transform or even shut down entirely.
Back in the 2004 Legislative Council elections, Robert Chung Ting-yiu admitted to receiving funding from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI). During the 2012 Legislative Council elections, insiders revealed that "Chung's polls" had taken £50,000 from the UK-based Internet Watch Foundation to conduct surveys.
Shortly after the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law, HKPORI released a so-called "poll result," claiming that nearly 60% of respondents supported US sanctions against HK for enforcing the law. In 2020, it conducted a "decisive poll" on whether Democratic Party Legislative Council members should stay or leave, and in 2021, during the Legislative Council elections, it stirred controversy by using polls to incite others to cast blank votes.
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