Lingnan University responds after students stage Junius Ho protest
University releases statement saying comments on social affairs should be ‘peaceful’ after group of 20 students staged an ‘occupy’ campaign at the campus
The university said the comments from Junius Ho Kwan-yiu, who is also a pro-establishment lawmaker, were unrelated to Lingnan and they would not comment on council members’ remarks made in their personal capacity.
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“But we hope anyone commenting on social affairs could keep a peaceful, rational and respectful attitude,” the university’s statement read, adding that the management respected students’ right to express their views, as long as they did not affect others.
The statement was made after a group of 20 students staged an “occupy” campaign by camping at one of the squares on the campus on Tuesday, with some vowing to stay overnight to demand that the university management and Ho attend their forum on Friday.
“Kick out Ho Kwan-yiu. Safeguard Lingnan,” the students chanted.
The protesters covered three of the university’s emblems at the campus with black cloths and hung black banners bearing words blaming the management for staying silent on the matter and mocking Ho as a “bigwigs’ puppet”.
All the cloths and banners were later removed after management explained that they were hung without approval.