Hong Kong university expels student calling for Wang Fuk Court accountability

A Hong Kong university student who had called for accountability over a deadly fire in the city said on Friday he was being 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 probe into a fire that killed 168 people in November last year.



After he was released on bail, his school, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), conducted a disciplinary review and referred the case to a student discipline committee.



The committee decided to terminate him from studies on Thursday due to "multiple acts of misconduct", according to a letter from the university obtained by AFP.



CUHK said in a statement on Friday that it would not comment on individual cases, adding that a student who is given three demerits due to disciplinary actions may be terminated from studies.



Kwan, 24, told AFP that the university did not penalise him for the arrest in November 2025.