Student activist/philosophy student Drew Pavlou, 20, who lead campus protests in support of the Hong Kong independence movement, has been suspended from the University of Queensland.
Mr Pavlou, who has in the past publicly criticised the Chinese influence at the university, was delivered a suspension late today.
He was told that he would be suspended until 2022, however he has not been given any reasons for the suspension.
It covers the duration of his term as a student elected member of the UQ governing senate, a seat he took in January after a vote by the university’s 35,000 undergraduate students.
Mr Pavlou faced 11 allegations of misconduct which had to do with his protests and social media posts about UQ’s ties with Chinese government institutions.
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Last Friday, a hearing was held behind closed doors. His barrister, Tony Morris, QC said it was a “kangaroo court” because a panel allegedly refused to hand over documents concerning the case against him.
The student spoke with Neos Kosmos earlier this week. The paper went to print before his suspension. “The hearing breached a number of rules regarding procedural fairness. We were refused access to documents that were relevant to the case. It was like facing your accuser, judge and executioner,” Mr Pavlou told Neos Kosmos.
“I was planning to graduate at the end of the year. I am so far behind in my classes and I cannot even think or study right now,” he said.