Angry campus crowd besieges Hong Kong university chief, demanding he condemn police actions as student suffers brain injury in car park fall after reportedly fleeing tear gas

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology president Wei Shyy attended a dialogue with the crowds who had gathered on campus to show their support for a fellow student, who was reported to have fallen from the third floor to the second floor of a car park in Tseung Kwan O while fleeing tear gas fired during clashes between protesters and police in the early hours of Monday.

Sources told the Post the injured student, named locally as Chow Tsz-lok, was still unconscious and in a critical condition, and a brain scan had shown internal bleeding.

He underwent emergency surgery on Monday and then had a second operation, sources said, adding there was a likelihood of permanent damage that could leave him in a vegetative state.

Shyy told the crowd that the institution would investigate the incident and ask police for an explanation, including an allegation that officers had delayed an ambulance crew attempting to reach Chow.

But his remarks failed to appease the students who said no investigation was needed as the details of the case had been reported in the media and urged him to condemn police brutality over the incident immediately.