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Two Hong Kong Baptist University security guards suspended over incident in which police arrested five students

  • Four of the arrests involved the new anti-mask law, with students now demanding dismissal of guards who let police in
  • Security company agrees action by staff was insufficient, but says they will go through a ‘fair appeal mechanism’

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Students at Baptist University stage a protest on Tuesday over the arrest of five undergraduates. Photo: Winson Wong

Two Hong Kong Baptist University’s security guards who were accused of turning a blind eye to riot police entering the campus without permission have been suspended, according to the varsity management.

But in a heated exchange with more than 200 students on Tuesday, a management representative refused to accede to their demand to lay off the two guards immediately, insisting they deserved a chance to appeal in a review hearing.

The student union of the institution staged a rally in protest against what they saw as the failure of the school’s security employees to stop riot police from entering its compounds on Sunday, when anti-government demonstrators took to the streets again to oppose a new face mask ban.
Keith Fong, president of the student union. Photo: Tory Ho
Keith Fong, president of the student union. Photo: Tory Ho

In a video circulated online, several riot police officers were seen setting foot on a garden area at the Kowloon Tong campus, which is under the management of the university.

The officers walked into the school area and argued with students, who stood on the opposite side of a pedestrian walkway and witnessed five of their peers being arrested.

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