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Pro-CCP Supporter Destroyed the Grave of Former Peking University Head in Hong Kong

A Chinese leftist admitted on Weibo that he destroyed the grave of Cai Yuanpei, the late president of Peking University, in Hong Kong.

As the president of Peking University, Cai pioneered the May Fourth Movement in China in 1919 and was famous of protecting the students. He passed away in 1940 in Hong Kong and was buried in Hong Kong Aberdeen Chinese Permanent Cemetery.

On November 14, the Weibo user, “Ai Ji Wu Lei,” wrote that he went to Hong Kong to “polish” Cai’s tombstone and post the pictures of Wang Shouhua and Zhao Shiyan, who are both early Chinese Communist Party members, on the grave.

The Weibo user also wrote earlier, “it doesn’t matter if they are Rocky Tuan [current head of the Chinese University of Hong Kong] or Cai Yuanpei, they do not always represent social justice under their gentlemanlike appearance.” He also described Hong Kong students in the pro-democracy movement as “useless youth” and claimed, “one can tell how ignorant they are by looking at these useless youth’ slogans.”

Facebook pages, including “Cemetery Study,” condemned this Weibo user for his act of vandalism, which has sabbotaged the inscriptions by Yeh Kung-Ch’o, the Transportation Minister of Beiyang government. According to the Facebook page, Cai’s grave is currently covered by the Hong Kong SAR Government and therefore it cannot be confirmed if the tombstone can be restored.

Source: Stand News, https://thestandnews.com/politics/蔡元培香港墓碑遭破壞-內地微博帳戶承認-打磨了一下/

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