University in Hong Kong ‘surprised’ as mainland Chinese judges hold Communist Party meeting on its campus
- Article reveals Huang Wenjun, president of National Judges College, gave a ‘party lecture’ during meeting last month
Hong Kong’s City University has asked a college run by mainland China’s top court not to host Communist Party meetings on its campus after it was “surprised” to learn judges pursuing its courses were given a “party lecture” last month.
Eyebrows were raised after local media discovered the National Judges College under the Supreme People’s Court had uploaded an article to its website about a meeting held by “temporary branches of the Chinese Communist Party” on October 20 at CityU in Kowloon Tong.
The article said those who attended included dozens of mainland judges who were taking doctoral and master’s courses at the university. CityU has been running an advanced programme for senior mainland judges for more than a decade. The article, since deleted, said Huang Wenjun, president of the National Judges College, gave a “party lecture” during the meeting.
Judges were also urged to stick to party discipline and have a good learning attitude.