Mr Ho should say " I cannot answer how other people would feel". "I am not going to answer hypothetical questions". " Please do not play guilty by association."
The interviewer's technic was poor, not professional. If I were Mr. Ho I would in many occasions say "It would not be fair for me to answer the question" . "Madam, you are putting words in my mouth".
This old man, he played one, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8......... He played knick-knack on my thumb; shoe, knee, door, hive, stick....... Knick-knack paddywhack, Give a dog a bone, This old man came rolling home.