Hong Kong's leader says she has 'returned' her honorary fellowship to a Cambridge college after a row over whether the finance hub's academic ...
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said the college was Lam said she was"smearing a person on the basis of hearsay instead of facts". HONG KONG: Hong Kong's leader says she has"returned" her honorary fellowship to a Cambridge college after a row over whether the finance hub's academic freedoms are being suppressed as authorities crack down on their opponents.
Wolfson College said it had recently raised concerns with Hong Kong's leader about"her commitment to the protection of human rights and the freedom of expression".Its governing body had been due to consider Lam's fellowship next month but would no longer do so now that Lam had returned the honour. Others have been disqualified from standing in local elections while libraries and schools have begun pulling any books deemed to breach the law.
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