LIVE: Academic fallout as HKU Council rejects Johannes Chan as pro-VC

The appointment of pro-democracy law scholar Johannes Chan Man-mun as pro-vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has been rejected. In a meeting of the Council of the University of Hong Kong, Johannes Chan Man-mun, a former Dean of the university’s Faculty of Law, received 12 votes against his appointment and just eight votes supporting him. The details of the vote are confidential http://www.hongkongfp.com