Hong Kong police to investigate female student’s claim of sexual assault by officers after Chinese University head grilled by hundreds of her angry peers

Students call for statement condemning alleged police brutality in general and better security after riot officers entered campus last weekend

But Rocky Tuan’s replies interrupted by some who chant slogans, point laser pens, shout profanities and sing protest songs

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Chinese University pro-vice-chancellor Dennis Ng comforts students as they get emotional after a meeting with the school’s president. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Published: 11:25pm, 10 Oct 2019Updated: 3:52pm, 11 Oct 2019

Police in Hong Kong have said they would investigate a claim of sexual assault by officers on a Chinese University student after hundreds of her peers piled pressure on the school’s president to condemn the alleged incident.

The statement from the force came on Thursday night after Chinese University vice-chancellor Rocky Tuan Sung-chi met students who demanded more support for classmates arrested in Hong Kong’s protest crisis and better security after riot police entered the campus last weekend.

Tuan, surrounded by dozens of emotional students after the meeting ended, agreed to issue a statement next Friday.

Students and alumni had filled the 1,400-seat Sir Run Run Shaw Hall at the university’s Sha Tin campus for a dialogue session with Tuan.

Vice-Chancellor Rocky Tuan Sung-chi (second left) of Chinese University on Thursday meets students and alumni for a dialogue session in Sha Tin. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Among those who spoke during the dialogue was Sonia Ng, who said she was arrested at Prince Edward MTR station on August 31 and later detained in San Uk Ling Holding Centre near the mainland border.

“Do you know the body search room in San Uk Ling is all dark? Do you know I am not the only one who was subjected to sexual violence?” she said.