On Oct. 5, 14 students from Hong Kong St. Francis Xavier’s School were told to immediately leave the school and were suspended for three days because they were late to the assembly at which the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) anthem is played while its flag is raised. The school alleged that the students were “disrespecting the school” and “violating National Security Law.”
The school involved is St. Francis Xavier School, a traditional Catholic boys’ school in Tsuen Wan, a town on the western edge of Hong Kong.
Mrs. Chan, whose son attends the school, told The Epoch Times that in the early morning of Oct. 5, some students were still having breakfast in the dining area, although students are strictly required to attend the daily assembly at 8:05 a.m. When the CCP anthem began, 14 students from Form 2 and Form 6, hadn’t gone to the auditorium….