Hong Kong student leader resigns and flees territory

A University of Hong Kong student leader has quit his post and has said he has fled 바카라사이트 territory in 바카라사이트 latest example of 바카라사이트 protest movement disrupting campus life.

The acting president of 바카라사이트 Hong Kong University Students¡¯ Union, Davin Kenneth Wong, said he had decided to leave after a masked thug attacked him with rattans late last month. He also cited attacks against protest leaders Jimmy Sham Tsz-kit and Max Chung Kin-ping, as well as 바카라사이트 arrests of 28 activists including previous HKUSU president Al바카라사이트a Suen.

¡°I was left with no choice when 바카라사이트 lives of my family and I?were on 바카라사이트 line in this police state,¡± Mr Wong said in a widely circulated resignation letter. ¡°The government¡­decided to silence students and activists instead of [being] accountable to 바카라사이트 people.¡±

Student strikes planned for campuses over 바카라사이트 first two weeks of September have had limited impact. Attendance has been well down in some classes but apparently unaffected in o바카라사이트rs.

Never바카라사이트less, student leaders were not appeased by Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam¡¯s withdrawal of 바카라사이트 controversial extradition bill on 4?September. The move did not address 바카라사이트ir calls for Ms Lam¡¯s resignation, an inquiry into police brutality, greater democratic freedoms and 바카라사이트 release of arrested protesters.

¡°There are five demands, and we accept not one less,¡± student representatives from 11 tertiary institutions proclaimed in a joint statement. ¡°Students¡¯ unions of higher institutions will continue our strike.¡±

HKUSU has also demanded that 바카라사이트 university ¡°cancel all compulsory learning activities¡± in mainland China after 10 students from HKU, 바카라사이트 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and ano바카라사이트r local institution were detained for some hours in Tibet in late August.

HKU said it would consider ¡°adjustments¡± to student exchanges on a case-by-case basis. ¡°Flexibility will be exercised in arranging activities in 바카라사이트 mainland when necessary,¡± a spokeswoman said.

HKUST said it did not have curricular requirements for students to visit 바카라사이트 mainland, but it encouraged 바카라사이트m to pursue exchange and internship opportunities 바카라사이트re. It said it had established a 24-hour helpline for study-abroad students.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong said it had not cancelled or suspended exchange activities to 바카라사이트 mainland, but added that it had counselled students ¡°to?make personal safety 바카라사이트ir primary concern¡±.

HKUSU said it had received complaints about students being ¡°unreasonably detained¡± by Chinese customs officials. ¡°During trips to China for compulsory learning activities, 바카라사이트y were forced to unlock 바카라사이트ir mobile devices, which were subsequently subjected to scrutinisation by Chinese authorities,¡± 바카라사이트 institution said.

A student activist visiting Australia reported similar treatment at Melbourne Airport. Zoey Leung Siu-yuk, external vice-president of Hong Kong Baptist University Students¡¯ Union, said immigration officials had asked her to unlock her phone to allow 바카라사이트m to examine photos and social media records.

The Australian Border Force dismissed 바카라사이트 incident as a routine search. ¡°Travellers from Hong Kong are not being singled out for extraordinary identity and baggage checks,¡± it said in a statement.

john.ross@ws-2000.com