The Chinese University of Hong Kong held a graduation ceremony for three consecutive days starting today (24th). At around 4:00 p.m., a number of students outside the "Beacon Tower" on Wanwan Avenue outside the library of the school wore clothes with "qualified social animals", " School gowns with slogans such as beg for food before graduating” protested.
Afterwards, security guards stepped forward to stop them and tried to take away the demonstration items. Other students stepped forward to quarrel with the security guards. The school then called the police, and the police officers registered their individual identities. The incident was disturbing for about an hour. After the police officers left, the people at the scene gradually dispersed.
A student who witnessed the incident said that during the graduation ceremony, some students protested the school administration with performance art but were stopped by the security guards and wanted to take away the props. Other students argued with the security guards when they saw this. The police said that they were threatened by their classmates. After the police came to the scene, they copied the student ID cards and left, and everyone dispersed.
On the day of the graduation ceremony, the girl Ah Mao protested with other students performing art.
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong held a graduation ceremony for three consecutive days starting today (24th). At 4:00 p.m., outside the "Beacon Tower" on Wanwan Avenue outside the library of the school, several students wore clothes that read "Qualified Social Animals", Homemade school gowns with slogans such as "beg for food before graduation" protest against school administration.
A Mao (pseudonym), a girl who participated in the action, recalled that during the graduation ceremony, she was protesting with performance art with her classmates. But we have messages on our props."
Bystanders yell at security guards
A Mao said that at that time the security guards did not allow them to continue, and even surrounded them with the intention of taking away the props, "The props are mine, I don't want to give them to them. Some classmates didn't like their eyes, so I was so annoyed, I made a fuss, "X you old X. She pointed out that one of the security guards stepped forward and made a gesture, and the two sides began to push and bump.
A Mao said that the security guard called the police and said that he was threatened by his classmates. "After that, he surrounded and stopped a few classmates and did not let them go." After the police arrived, they copied down the ID cards of several students. The security guard said that the classmates made noise and disturbed the graduation ceremony. , It may even "affect the peace of the society", but the police officers left after "copying the cards", and the onlookers also dispersed.
Chen also witnessed the incident. He said that when the security guard came forward to negotiate, some students intervened, and there was a conflict with the security guard. Well, it’s not good for (security guards) to treat students in such a rough way as a human chain.”
The Chinese University of Hong Kong said that at about 4:00 this afternoon, when the university security personnel were implementing crowd management measures for the graduation ceremony, several people provoked the security personnel and insulted them with foul language. .
Since the behavior of these people may pose a risk to public order, the school decided to call the police for help.
The police arrived at the scene after receiving the report. After learning about the incident, they issued a warning to the relevant people, and then these people dispersed one after another.
The police spokesman said that at about 5:00 p.m., a security report was received from a school in Ma On Shan, saying that when it was implementing crowd management measures, five students aged about 20 years old were shouting in front of the library, and the reporter repeatedly persuaded them Cessation of relevant acts was invalid, so I reported the case.
Police officers arrived at the scene to investigate and issued verbal warnings to the five students, who then left on their own.
The case was classified as "police assistance" and was handed over to the Miscellaneous Investigation Squad of the Ma On Shan Division for follow-up. No one was arrested.
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