Baptist University expressed its indignation at the statement issued by the editorial committee of the Baptist University Union yesterday. Taking into account the responsibility and attitude of the editorial committee in the incident, it will immediately suspend all relations with the editorial committee and cancel the editorial committee’s use of all facilities on campus. rights, and disciplinary proceedings will be initiated for wrongdoing of the student concerned.
HKBU emphasizes that it has always respected the editorial independence and independent operation of the editorial board. The school has always treated all media reports on HKBU in a fair and objective manner, and has the responsibility to report and clarify to the relevant media when inaccurate or even untrue information is found in the reports.
HKBU said that following receiving a complaint regarding the content of the publications, following seeking legal advice, it believed that illegal acts might be involved, so it discussed with the editorial board and urged the recall of all the publications involved. The school also strongly condemned the use of the slanderous language “Wuhan pneumonia” by the editorial board, and strictly requested that the word be no longer used.
The editorial board said in a statement yesterday that the school had requested to delete the content of the second issue of journalist recruitment emails last year and interfered with the editorial board’s national security course report. The editorial board cabinet “Chu Ming” resigned yesterday.