UBC criticized for renting room to Hong Kong government for recruitment exam – BC [Video]

Human rights activists are angry with the University of British Columbia for renting out one of its classrooms to the Government of Hong Kong for a recruitment exam earlier this month.

In a Dec. 22 letter to UBC President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon, Chinese Canadian Concern Group on the Chinese Communist Party’s Human Rights Violations wrote to express its disapproval of the university allowing the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office to use a room at the Robson Square campus to conduct an exam related to its 2020 National Security Law (NSL) on Dec. 7.

“Successful candidates for this examination are required to swear allegiance to the Hong Kong and, by extension, Beijing governments,” the letter from spokesperson Gabriel Yiu reads.

“Allowing this recruitment activity on UBC’s campus raises serious national security concerns for Canada, especially in the context of potential conflicts between the two governments. Such actions could pave the way for the infiltration of foreign authoritarian influence into our society.”