Rights Group Alarmed by UBC’s Hosting of Hong Kong Government Recruitment Exam on Anti-Democratic Law

A notice for a government recruitment exam and a test on Hong Kong’s Basic Law and national security law is seen at the University of British Columbia's Robson Square campus in downtown Vancouver on Dec. 7, 2024. A human rights group has criticized the university for renting space to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office for the test, as the national security law has been used by Beijing to erode freedoms in Hong Kong. The Epoch Times

A human rights group is protesting the University of British Columbia’s decision to host a recruitment exam for the Hong Kong government, which included a test on a controversial law used by Beijing to tighten control and suppress freedoms in the city.

On Dec. 7, staff of The Epoch Times Chinese edition found that a room at UBC’s Robson Square campus in downtown Vancouver had been rented to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office for the government recruitment exam, a portion of which was on Hong Kong’s national security law.