"A Hong Kong university student who had called for accountability over a deadly fire at an apartment complex in the city has been 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 investigation into a fire that killed 168 people in November."
"According to Kwan, he received demerits for calling the committee a kangaroo panel and a disgrace, and for being charged for criminal damage in 2023 after he placed stickers on lamp-posts in 2022 to mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. Kwan said he had completed his studies and was to graduate in March. It is shameful of CUHK to use graduation certificates to suppress its former students, he said in a statement. You can take away qualifications, but you can't take away dignity."
Miles Kwan, a 24-year-old politics student, was expelled by the Chinese University of Hong Kong following a student discipline committee decision citing multiple acts of misconduct. Kwan had been detained for two nights by national security police last year on seditious intent allegations after distributing flyers calling for an independent investigation into a November fire that killed 168 people. CUHK stated that a student given three demerits may be terminated from studies and said it would not comment on individual cases. Kwan said he had completed his studies and was due to graduate in March and criticized the university for revoking qualifications.
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