Hong Kong protest crisis extends to schools with student actions at Chinese University, Mong Kok secondary school and college attended by shooting victim


Conflicts over Hong Kong's ongoing protest crisis reached a local secondary school on Thursday as

dozens of students and alumni denounced the handling of a singing battle between rival student groups.

Chaos also erupted at Chinese University on Thursday with more than 100 students storming the faculty building to demand to speak with the vice chancellor over his alleged lack of support for students arrested since the citywide protests started in June.


At S.K.H. All Saints' Middle School in Mong Kok, about 50 students, alumni and students from nearby schools gathered outside campus to protest against the school's handling of a clash between government supporters and opponents on Wednesday.

A 17-year-old Form Six student, who only gave her name as Z, said she and about 10 other students skipped class and went to the playground to show support of the 18-year-old student who was shot in the chest by the police in a Tuesday protest in Tsuen Wan.


She said when the students started singing the protest song Glory to Hong Kong, a separate group of students began singing the Chinese national anthem March of the Volunteers. She said the rival group sang loudly and waved small Chinese flags as both sides later engaged in a "battle of noise".

Z said the rival group, which included some mainland immigrant students, directed verbal abuse at her group. Some time later, she said, it was members of her group who were asked to speak to teachers and social workers.

"Why does the school target us when it was the others who provoked the whole incident?" said Z, fighting through tears.

Vice-principal Choi Chung-ming on Thursday told students and alumni that the school was "always willing" to communicate with students. Choi said some students, including Z, were asked to meet social workers because they "cared about the students' emotional condition".

A member of the school faculty told some alumni that the school did not "politically suppress" students.At Chinese University, more than 100 students stormed the office building of Rocky Tuan Sung-chi, the vice chancellor, after he ended a meeting with them early amid demands for him to speak with them at a larger location where more students could join.

After he refused to go to a new location, angry students broke one of the building's glass doors and sprayed graffiti on the its walls. Tuan later met the students at the bigger venue.

Tuan told students it was "heartbreaking" to him that many of the university's students had been arrested and that the school was trying to contact them to better understand the situation.

"If we find that students have been treated unfairly, the university will ensure that their legal rights are protected," he said.

Students at four other schools, meanwhile, continued to stage non-cooperation actions, including peaceful sit-ins and slogan singalongs, for a second day after a student was shot by police. At least 30 students boycotted classes at Tsuen Wan Public Ho Chuen Yiu Memorial College where the victim is enrolled.

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