Benny Tai To Appeal Against HKU Dismissal
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2020-07-29 HKT 11:41
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Benny Tai has decided to appeal against his dismissal as associate law professor at the University of Hong Kong to the Chief Executive Carrie Lam, the university’s chancellor.
On Tuesday, the university's governing council voted overwhelmingly to dismiss Tai from his post over his criminal convictions related to the 2014 Occupy movement.
In a statement published on social media on Wednesday, Tai acknowledged that the appeal would be "a futile process", but he said he could not let Lam stay out of what he sees as an incident that deals a blow to academic freedom in Hong Kong.
He added that he’s still discussing with his legal team on whether he will launch a judicial review over the matter, but stressed that he will not stop his research and teaching on the rule of law, and plans to complete a book on that for the general public.
Tai – one of the founders of the 2014 civil disobedience movement – was sentenced to 16 months in prison over public nuisance charges related to the mass protests. He's out on bail, pending an appeal.
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