The University of Hong Kong issued a statement on the 30th of this month, strongly condemning the student union “radical words and actions”.
Following the election of the Hong Kong Chinese University student union cabinet by the university “cut seat”, the University of Hong Kong on Friday (30) informed all students and issued a public statement, said that to divide the legal responsibility between the university and the student union, decided to stop collecting membership fees on behalf of the student union, and will withdraw the student union premises and other facilities, but also strongly condemned the student union in recent years, radical words and actions. The University’s reputation has been tarnished. Guo Yongjian, former president of the Hong Kong University Student Union and chairman of the Labor Party, questioned the University’s management for cooperating with Beijing to implement political suppression. (By Lee Chi Chi/Liu Siu Fung)
The HKU Student Union issued a statement on the 16th of this month, criticizing HKU President Zhang Xiang, and Secretary for Education Yang Yunxiong for discussing the implementation of “Hong Kong’s national security law” on campus, criticizing him as the head of the University, “hanging national security as a front, political mission as a reality, the tiger as a helper of politics “.
People’s Daily names HKU students
After the incident, “People’s Daily” published an article, naming the University of Hong Kong student union to smear national security education is to break the “institutional autonomy”.
The University of Hong Kong issued a statement on the 30th of this month, strongly condemning the “radical words and actions” of the student union, criticizing that the student union, as a registered social group independent of the University, has become “increasingly politicized” in recent years, repeatedly using the campus as a platform for political propaganda and publishing The statement criticized that the University, as an independent registered social group, has become “increasingly politicized” in recent years.
The statement went on to say that the Basic Law protects academic freedom, freedom of expression and freedom of association, as well as national security, and that “the University is not a place outside the law. “The university decided to stop collecting money on behalf of the student union.
The university decided not to collect membership fees and provide financial management services on behalf of the student union; to withdraw the management of the student union’s premises and other facilities, “and will take further measures as necessary in the light of the situation”.
The university’s approach to recovering the site is not reasonable
The former president of the Hong Kong University Student Union and chairman of the Labor Party, Kwok Wing-kin, said in an interview with this station that it was obvious that the management of the University was cooperating with Beijing’s political suppression. He also said that the ownership of the student union site has always been controversial, and the management belongs to the student union, think that the university to take back the site practice is not reasonable.
Guo Yongjian said: “The People’s Daily” article blasted the student union, and the university made a series of actions. I think this series of political actions came from the mainland. In the past, whether in the colonial era or after the reunification, the student unions expressed their stance on different issues and opposed the legislation of Article 23, which did not lead to such crazy suppression, so I think it was done to match the overall situation of the society and Beijing’s intention.
According to Kwok, since Hong Kong students play an important role in the anti-China movement, they are considered by Beijing to be the key target of suppression, and after the implementation of the “Hong Kong Regional Security Law”, such suppression will only increase in the future.
In contrast to the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong made a more forceful statement in late February on the “cutting of seats”. At that time, CUHK accused the student union designate of speaking out or violating the National Security Law, announced that it would stop providing space, administrative support and collecting student dues for the student union, and disqualified its cabinet members from serving as student members on campus. CUHK also asked the student union to register as an independent association or company, to bear their own legal responsibility, and reiterated that “we will not allow the campus to appear to endanger national security.
Liu Ruishao: University ignores students’ interests
Hong Kong current affairs commentator Liu Ruishao said in an interview that since the implementation of the “Hong Kong National Security Law”, the universities to seek “self-preservation”, take the initiative to show loyalty, into the process of being politicized, criticizing the University ignored the interests of students.
Liu Ruishao said: if there is a risk, immediately “cut the seat”. These practices can only be said that they (the university) take the initiative to adapt to the politicization process in mainland China, the objective effect is that the top has a good, the bottom has a very good, the top has 80 points order, you use 200 points to fight. At present, we blame the leadership of the University of Hong Kong more than the accusations of the higher-ups.
Liu Ruishao also believes that the series of events reflecting the freedom of speech and academic freedom in Hong Kong has been seriously weakened, “so that Hong Kong’s university ranking and reputation is damaged by the university, rather than the students themselves. He stressed that the severe crackdown will only backfire, the official forced the people to rebel.
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