Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam condemns ‘callous’ campus taunts after suicide of top official’s son

Hong Kong’s leader headed a chorus of condemnation and outrage on Friday over an “extremely callous” and “cold blooded” message displayed on the Education University campus, taunting a top education official over the suicide of her eldest son.

“The remarks are entirely disrespectful, against the moral values of society and cold-blooded,” Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said, as the controversy overtook the ongoing row over banners and posters advocating independence for Hong Kong appearing on university campuses.

“The whole community is shocked, grieved and enraged by the appearance of such remarks in a tertiary institution in Hong Kong ... I deeply regret and condemn such behaviour.”

The university’s student union, which took down the poster as it was responsible for managing the wall at the Tai Po campus, said it did not support the message, but stopped short of condemning it.

The school is trying to track down the two responsible, but it is not clear if they are students or outsiders, as the wall can be accessed by the public.