‘Democracy wall’ covered up again as PolyU president hits out at student union for arbitrarily changing rules regarding Hong Kong independence messages
Polytechnic University student union leader accuses president Timothy Tong of ‘passing the buck’
A Hong Kong university president has denied taking back a “democracy wall” for students to post pro-independence messages, saying management stepped in because the student union refused to follow the rules.
The wall – a bulletin board for students to express their views – at Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hung Hom has for more than a week been the site of a territorial battle between the student union, who claim to manage it, and the university which argues management was just delegated to the union.
Matters escalated on Wednesday when large sheets of red paper were again found covering part of the wall in the morning.
Students were also asked to sign a petition which included demands that the university, remove the red paper, apologise, promise no more intervention of premises managed by the student union, and to remove a surveillance camera monitoring the wall.