Chinese MP calls for Bona Mugabe’s deportation
Emily Lau, a Chinese Member of Parliament , on Sunday called for the deportaion of Robert Mugabe’s daughter Bona Mugabe at the University of Hong Kong, and said her father’s regime is “obnoxious”.
Bona Mugabe, 20, enrolled under an alias at the University of Hong Kong in the autumn.
Australia last year deported eight students whose parents were senior members of the Mugabe regime, saying it wanted to prevent those involved in human rights abuses giving their children education denied to ordinary Zimbabweans. The United States and the European Union have imposed sanctions on Mugabe’s ruling clique, including asset freezes and travel bans.
Asked about Miss Mugabe’s admission, a University of Hong Kong spokesman said: “We believe that education should be above politics and young people should not be denied the right to education because of their family background or what their parents have done.”
A university official, who asked not to be named, said most students were unaware of the presence of Miss Mugabe, who has gone to Zimbabwe for the Chinese New Year holiday.
When she returns to Hong Kong, the university would “keep a watchful eye more from a student life perspective”, the official said. However, the source added: “We are aware of the impact and significance of this. After all, he is a dictator, no one will deny this – but education, frankly, is above politics.”
Law Yuk Kai, director of Human Rights Monitor in Hong Kong, said: “A child who has not done anything wrong should not be asked to take the burden of the wrongs of their parents – and in accordance with international human rights, the interests of the child should be our first principle.”
But he added: “If the money she is spending was siphoned off the ordinary people, there is a problem. Just like other members of the international community, Hong Kong should do its part in imposing sanctions.”
Posted by Wellington Chadehumbe
on January 26, 2009. Filed under Local News,Politics.
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