China News Service, Hong Kong, July 28. According to media reports, the Hong Kong University Council’s meeting on the 28th passed a decision of 18 votes to 2 to immediately dismiss the associate professor of the school’s law school. "Initiator Dai Yaoting. The Liaison Office of the Central Committee of Hong Kong also issued a statement that night, stating that the decision by the University Council of Hong Kong to dismiss Dai Yaoting was an act of punishing evil and promoting good and upholding justice.
Dai Yaoting was sentenced to imprisonment for illegal behavior during the illegal "Occupy Central" period. The University of Hong Kong established a "Committee to Explore Adequate Reasons for Dismissal" to try Dai Yaoting's chair. The Academic Affairs Committee of the University of Hong Kong once submitted a report to the school committee that the illegal "Occupy Central" case involving Dai Yaoting affected the reputation of the university and constituted improper conduct, but it did not constitute a reason for dismissal.
According to the decision of the School Council of the University of Hong Kong on the 28th, the school will stop paying salaries and benefits to Dai Yaoting. The decision also overturned the conclusion of the school’s Academic Affairs Committee’s earlier recommendation to retain the Dai Yaoting Chair.
Dai Yaoting is the main initiator of the illegal "Occupy Central". He was sentenced to 16 months in prison in April 2019 for being charged with "inciting others to nuisance the public". He was subsequently released on bail and awaiting appeal. He has repeatedly advocated "Hong Kong independence" and spread "violating the law and justice" and other distorted and wrong values, using "romance" and "heroes" to beautify radical violent crimes.
On the eve of the nomination of candidates for the seventh legislative council election in Hong Kong, Dai Yaoting also colluded to organize the so-called "primary elections" of the opposition, using the "referendum" as a guise to hold public opinion, blatantly intervening in the election, and provoking Hong Kong's Basic Law and Hong Kong's National Security Law. (Finish)