An overseas compatriot student studying at Chinese Culture University (CCU) could be expelled after he was accused of attacking a school official who tried to enforce an on-campus smoking ban, a school official said yesterday.
“When [the school official] urged him [the student] to present his ARC, somehow the student became violent, attacking our official and banging the official’s head against the floor,” university spokesman Kuo Chiung-li (郭瓊莉) said.
“The official had a swollen face,” Kuo said, adding that the school had scheduled a meeting today to discuss how to deal with the student.
The student could be expelled for the alleged attack, she said.
Kuo made the remarks in response to several articles posted on National Taiwan University’s Professional Technology Temple — the most popular college bulletin board system in the country.
The student, Lin Wei-lien (林偉廉), allegedly pinned an official from the CCU’s Guidance Section, Lin Cheng-liang (林政良), on the ground when the official was on duty to stop students from smoking on campus on Friday.
The student allegedly banged Lin Cheng-liang’s head against the floor repeatedly.
Smoking on campus outside of designated smoking areas became illegal after the Tobacco Hazard Prevention and Control Act (菸害防制法) took effect on Jan 11.
Lin Wei-lien was allegedly smoking in a non-smoking area on Friday.
Lin Cheng-liang was immediately rushed to hospital, while his parents said he had sustained a serious concussion.
“I was heartbroken because he could not even sleep well at night and he was pale,” Lin Cheng-liang’s mother told reporters.
“He was only trying to persuade the student to stop smoking and it never occurred to him that the student would attack him like this,” she said.
Lin Wei-lien protested his innocence to the school authorities, saying that he only struggled with the official when the official tried to forcibly take away his ARC.
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