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Hong Kong university confirms two men seen putting up posters mocking suicide were its students
Case that sparked outrage and unleashed debate on personal data rights and freedom of speech turned over to school’s disciplinary committee
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The Education University confirmed on Friday that the two men captured on surveillance footage putting up posters on campus mocking the suicide of a top education official’s son were its own students.
The investigation committee set up to look into the matter reported the result to the institution’s governing council.
“The committee confirmed that the two persons who put up posters on the democracy wall on September 7 were students of the Education University,” a university spokesman said.
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“The case has been passed to the Student Disciplinary Committee for follow-up action.”
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On September 7, twelve sheets of A4 paper were affixed to the university’s democracy wall, a space set aside for students to express their views. The posters went up hours after Poon Hong-yan, the 25-year-old son of deputy education chief Christine Choi Yuk-lin, jumped to his death at a residential complex in Yau Ma Tei.
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