University of Hong Kong cuts ties with student union, hours after Carrie Lam expresses anger at motion backing man who stabbed police officer
- Institution issues strongly worded statement hours after chief executive says she is ‘ashamed’ of school
- Lam said she was ‘very angry’ about the resolution and urged further action be taken against student leaders who passed it
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has severed all ties with its controversial student union and vowed to investigate members who approved a resolution “appreciating the sacrifice” of a man who stabbed a police officer in the back before killing himself.
Sources told the Post the immediate impact of the union’s pariah status on campus would be its inability to take the lead in student activities as it used to when it was the official liaison between various undergraduate groups and the management.
Activity groups could also be banned from using the union building on campus, again rendering the disowned outfit irrelevant to fellow students who will have to liaise directly with the management.
More pressingly, the move would also leave undergraduate students without representatives in the university’s governing and administrative bodies.
The union is also sitting on cash reserves of up to HK$30 million (US$3.86 million), which could be frozen next, according to sources.
