Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: Hong Kong democracy leader Martin Lee scoffed at draft regulations Wednesday that would bar Hong Kong politicians from accepting funds from abroad after the territory reverts to China in July. Hong Kong's pro-China leader in waiting, Tung Chee-hwa, "is really the guilty party in this regard," Lee, in Washington as part of a 15-stop North American speaking and fundraising tour, told reporters here.

scoffed