Group claiming to be Hong Kong students apologises for traffic chaos, but says government has forced them to do it
- In letter posted online, group says protests are only way to ‘express our discontent’
- Mainland Chinese students also release letter to Chinese University president Rocky Tuan accusing him defending ‘violent protesters’
A group claiming to be Hong Kong students has apologised for disrupting traffic in the city over the past few days, but said it was the only thing they could do to vent their anger against the government and police.
A link to a Google folder was posted on the LIHKG site on Saturday morning. In the folder there were more than 100 copies of a letter of apology, allegedly written by secondary school and university students. The Post has been unable to verify the identity of the people who copied them.
In the past week, protesters engaged in clashes with police outside Chinese University (CUHK), and other university campuses, and blocked roads at multiple locations, in some of the worst violence during the civil unrest which is now in its sixth month.
The escalation in violence prompted hundreds of mainland Chinese students to leave the city earlier this week, and a group claiming to be CUHK students from the mainland issued an open letter to university president Rocky Tuan Sung-chi, accusing him of protecting violent protesters.
In the letter of apology, the writers, who signed themselves “an egg in front of a solid wall – a real Hongkonger” said: “We are sorry for the inconvenience caused by the traffic congestion. Please accept our sincere apology.