Federation of Students faces further break-up after HKU votes to leave

Decision to leave most influential group has caused chain reaction, with other unions now facing pressure to break away

HKU students voted in favour of quitting the Federation of Students in a referendum sparked by a groundswell of support for the so-called localist movement. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hong Kong's oldest and most politically influential student body could continue to split after concern groups were set up on Facebook calling for all but one of the Federation of Students' member unions to quit.

The 57-year-old federation, the city's oldest student body, organised the sit-ins that acted as a catalyst for last year's Occupy Central protests.

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