President Rocky Tuan of Chinese University says students facing protest-related criminal charges to get help paying legal fees – but still gets his car covered with slogans
- Rocky Tuan’s remarks fail to impress – students storm out of forum and some cover his car with protest slogans
- Separately, Roland Chin, president of Baptist University, calls for truth commission on extradition bill fiasco
Professor Rocky Tuan Sung-chi, the vice-chancellor of Chinese University, said at a meeting on Thursday that any student facing criminal charges would have their legal fees paid.
Eight Chinese University students were arrested in recent protests against the bill, with four of them charged with rioting.
Separately, Professor Roland Chin Tai-hong, the president of publicly funded Baptist University, sent an email to students, staff and alumni proposing that a truth commission be set up to learn the facts behind the extradition fiasco. He said the commission should be made up of local leaders that Hong Kong people trust.
And Professor Way Kuo, president of City University, met with student representatives on Thursday to discuss the protest crisis, before the university issued a statement urging the government to “respond to social demands”.
During Tuan’s first meeting with students since protests started last month, he was pressed about how he would help students facing rioting charges, an offence punishable by 10 years in prison.
