One of the former leaders of the 2014 Occupy Central pro-democracy movement, also known as the 'Umbrella Movement,' Benny Tai speaks to the media in Hong Kong August 15, 2019. — Reuters pic
In a Facebook post today, Tai said he would appeal the university's decision and consider launching a judicial review.“Though I know this is a futile process, Carrie Lam cannot evade... her responsibility of infringing Hong Kong's academic freedom,” Tai wrote. “Benny Tai has become a martyr to civil disobedience,” a political science professor at HKU wrote on his Facebook page.
Sophie Richardson, a China expert with Human Rights Watch, said international universities should now reassess their relationship with HKU.
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