Hong Kong university expels student calling for Wang Fuk Court accountability

A Hong Kong university student who had called for accountability over a deadly fire in the city said on Friday he was being expelled by the school for disciplinary offences.
Miles Kwan, a politics student, was detained for two nights by the city’s national security police last year for “seditious intent” after handing out flyers calling for an independent probe into a fire that killed 168 people in November last year.
After he was released on bail, his school, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), conducted a disciplinary review and referred the case to a student discipline committee.
The committee decided to terminate him from studies on Thursday due to “multiple acts of misconduct”, according to a letter from the university obtained by AFP.
CUHK said in a statement on Friday that it would not comment on individual cases, adding that a student who is given three demerits due to disciplinary actions may be terminated from studies.