Legal scholar Johannes Chan has left his role as chair professor of public law after the University of Hong Kong declined to renew his contract. Photo: Nora Tam
Legal scholar Johannes Chan has left his role as chair professor of public law after the University of Hong Kong declined to renew his contract. Photo: Nora Tam

Outspoken Hong Kong law professor Johannes Chan ‘has left post at end of HKU contract’

  • But Chan, who was previously HKU’s longest-serving law dean, is expected to continue to teach part-time going forward
  • Move coincides with political flap in which city’s No 2 official appeared to call him out over comments he gave to media about July 1 stabbing attack

Legal scholar Johannes Chan has left his role as chair professor of public law after the University of Hong Kong declined to renew his contract. Photo: Nora Tam
Legal scholar Johannes Chan has left his role as chair professor of public law after the University of Hong Kong declined to renew his contract. Photo: Nora Tam
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