CUHK Alumni Lose Legal Bid to Overturn Election Ban

CUHK alumni lose legal bid to overturn election ban over ‘scandalous’ conduct

Two Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) graduates have lost a judicial challenge against their disqualifications from an election for the institution’s advisory body, after their pro-independence views or convictions arising from the 2019 anti-government protests were cited as grounds for barring them. Walter Tse Wai-lok and Anthony Suen Ho-yin jointly applied for judicial review in November 2023, saying the university deprived them of a chance to be heard before disqualifying them from...

By Brian Wong