Hong Kong protests: police groups renew attack on university chief, suggesting his actions partially to blame for campus violence last year
- Chinese University president Rocky Tuan wrote open letter last year urging the government to probe allegations officers used excessive force against protesters
- Four police officers’ associations demand Tuan ‘admit to his mistakes’, saying his accusations have not been proved and he failed to respond to their rebuttals
Four Hong Kong police associations have attacked a university chief in an open letter, suggesting he should be held partially responsible for violent clashes on campus between anti-government protesters and officers last year.
The groups accused Chinese University president Rocky Tuan Sung-chi of “making inaccurate statements” in an open letter he wrote in October last year urging the government to probe allegations officers had used excessive force against protesters.
They demanded Tuan “admit to his mistakes and be accountable to members of the public”, saying his accusations had not been proved and he had failed to respond to their rebuttals a year ago.
While Tuan maintained his silence, two opposition lawmakers called the associations’ “Cultural Revolution-like” attack disrespectful and unreasonable, while the university’s student union said the officers’ accusations were untrue.
