More than 200 protesters gathered on Thursday (Mar 7) at a Hong Kong university to condemn the expulsion of a student defending free speech, in ...
HONG KONG: More than 200 protesters gathered on Thursday at a Hong Kong university to condemn the expulsion of a student defending free speech, in what was seen as another incremental sign of eroding freedoms in the Chinese-ruled city.
The latest row involved a controversy over a so-called"democracy wall" at the Polytechnic University - a public notice board, common in many Hong Kong universities, designated as a free space for expression, political or otherwise. After months of deliberation, four students were punished last Friday, including a post-graduate nursing student, Gerald Ho, who has openly advocated independence for Hong Kong, a red line for Communist Party rulers in Beijing.A former student union leader, Lam Wing-hang, was suspended from his studies for a year, while two others were ordered to do community service.
"The absence of clear sentencing guidelines renders the verdicts highly unjust and unacceptable. The intention of the university authorities to create a chilling effect for eradicating all 'sensitive views' is crystal clear in this case," the statement read."I am not afraid of white terror," he told the crowd, referring to the university's heavy-handedness and lack of a legal basis for the punishments.
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