Prisca Tang
A mainlander who had been granted a special authorisation to study in Macau, had his permit revoked after pouring glue over a teacher at a local university twice, according to a statement by the Court of Final Appeal (TUI) earlier this week.
The statement said that the mainlander, referred as “A”, was a fourth-year undergraduate student studying Service Management at a local university. The statement pointed out that since “A” held a grudge over being given a “fail” grade in his exam that his teacher had given, on October 29 last year he followed the teacher into the toilet and splashed a cup of glue at the teacher’s face then ran away quickly.
The statement underlined that “A” did the same thing again on November 17 last year, but this time he poured a bottle of glue from the second floor onto the teacher who was just passing by one of the buildings of the university. The statement said that the incident caused pain to the teacher’s eyes and neck, while the teacher’s clothes were also damaged. Therefore, when the case reached the police, the Secretariat for Security decided on January 18 this year to terminate the student’s study permit.
The statement said that “A” was unhappy with the cancellation of his permit so he appealed to the Court of Second Instance (TSI) but the court rejected his appeal. The statement underlined that he then insisted on appealing to the Court of Final Appeal.
The statement said that the Court of Final Appeal’s panel of judges pointed out that “A” must be held responsible for the “irreversible” damage that he caused to the teacher. The statement noted that “A” complained that if he was forced out of school, he would need to retake some of his classes from previous years, as other universities do not consider his university’s curriculum as being equivalent to theirs, stressing that he was in the final year of his undergraduate degree. The statement also said that “A” emphasised that under the Macau Civil Code (MCC) Article 250, Section 2 and Civil Procedure Code (CPC) Article 434, it is well-established practice that during the last year of a student’s undergraduate degree, the student must not transfer to another institute.
According to the statement, the TUI panel of judges considered that as the date of the final judgement was on July 7 this year, whereas “A”’s final exams for his two subjects finished in mid-June, it decided that it was “pointless” to discuss the problem of transferring to another school. The statement also pointed out that “A” was supposed to complete an internship during his degree, yet the court found out that he had already finished the requirement. Therefore, the statement said that the TUI panel decided to reject “A’s” appeal and keep the lower court’s judgement unchanged, which is terminating his local study permit.
