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Chinese University of Hong Kong warns illegal acts will not be tolerated as tensions with student union candidates escalate
- Candidates vow to push ahead with radical localist agenda and publish manifesto attacking the national security law
- Management responds by saying law-breaking on campus will be punished and it was right to involve police after security guards were attacked
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong has warned student union candidates against engaging in activities on campus that break the law or jeopardise national security.
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The university was responding on Wednesday to claims by the candidates, who are running for the union cabinet, that management had joined with police to have students arrested following an attack on security guards, in which an unknown white powder was hurled at them. Students have accused the guards of abusing their power in the past and treating them as the “enemy”.
The candidates have published an 80-page manifesto stating the national security law infringes upon basic human rights and freedoms and is a disgrace to residents’ dignity.
In a recent media interview, they also vowed to maintain the “local and radical” ideology of their predecessors to “build localism and consolidate the identity of Hongkongers”.
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Those words appeared to alarm management, which said it would not tolerate unfounded accusations or any possibly unlawful remarks.
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