Baptist U lifts suspensions on student pair involved in Hong Kong campus protest
University chief Roland Chin says the decision was made following ‘sincere’ personal apologies from student union president Lau Tsz-kei and Chinese medicine student Andrew Chan to teachers involved
Two Baptist University students who were suspended over alleged threats to staff during a stand-off on campus over a Mandarin language requirement have been allowed to resume classes.
The latest twist came a day after the publicly funded university said it would review the suspension following personal apologies from student union president Lau Tsz-kei and Chinese medicine student Andrew Chan Lok-hang to the teachers involved on Tuesday.
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In an email sent to students, staff and alumni on Thursday, university president Roland Chin Tai-hong said students affairs director Gordon Tang Yu-nam had decided to lift the temporary suspensions with immediate effect after meeting with the two students and also with the language centre’s staff.
“After the two students met with teachers and staff of the language centre to offer their sincere apology in person, the director of students affair arranged a meeting with both of them, at which they undertook not to commit the same mistakes again,” the email read.
“The director of students affair then met colleagues of the language centre and confirmed that they accept the students’ apologies.”