Chinese University of Hong Kong ‘expels’ student held for sedition over Tai Po fire
Miles Kwan, who was arrested after launching a petition calling on the government to meet four demands following the blaze, claims he has been expelled
A Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) student who was arrested on suspicion of sedition after launching a petition calling for an independent committee to investigate the Tai Po fire has said he has been expelled from the institution.
“I was just expelled by CUHK,” Miles Kwan Ching-fung wrote on social media at midnight on Thursday, ending his post with a thumbs-up emoji. He said he had been suspended twice and had studied only intermittently over the past six years.
Kwan uploaded a screenshot that showed part of an email from the university’s Academic and Quality Section, which oversees student disciplinary procedures, sent to him that same day.
On November 29, national security police arrested Kwan on suspicion of inciting sedition after he and a group of unidentified others set up the Tai Po Wang Fuk Court Fire Concern Group and launched a petition calling on authorities to meet four demands following the blaze.
The group’s social media page and link to the petition were no longer accessible.