Hong Kong student arrested after forum at University of Science and Technology turned violent
- Incident happened in November last year when angry students met university president to discuss undergraduate Chow Tsz-lok’s car park fall
- Hongkonger arrested after mainland Chinese student files complaint with police
A Hong Kong University of Science and Technology student was arrested on Monday in connection with an incident at the university last year during which at least four other students were injured.
On November 6, hundreds of students met HKUST president Wei Shyy to discuss Chow Tsz-lok, a second-year computer science undergraduate who fell from a car park near an area of confrontation between anti-government protesters and police two days before.
Chow was in critical condition in hospital at the time and died two days later.
During the dialogue at the campus’ Jockey Club Atrium, Shyy was urged by angry students to condemn what they claimed was police brutality.
Chaos erupted at the forum after a mainland student was said to have pushed a local to the ground without offering an apology. A melee ensued leaving at least four people injured.
A police spokesman said a student had subsequently filed a complaint and officers arrested a final year student in Tuen Mun at about 6am on Monday morning.