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Lawmaker William Wong has been suspended from his administrative duties at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), where he served as an associate dean, following his Monday arrest over alleged drink driving.
Hong Kong lawmaker William Wong attends ceremony to celebrate the handover anniversary on July 1, 2026. Photo: William Wong via Facebook. CUHK said on Friday that the school was aware of the incident and had immediately suspended Wong. In response to media enquiries, it refrained from further commenting citing the ongoing police investigation.
When HKFP checked the website of CUHK’s Faculty of Engineering on Friday, Wong was no longer listed as an associate dean. His profile could still be found on the Faculty Members page, however.
According to Wong’s biography on the webpage of Our Hong Kong Foundation, a think tank, he also serves as the director of the Centre for Innovation and Technology and an associate director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship at CUHK.
When HKFP checked the online staff lists of both organisations on Friday, Wong’s entry was absent.
Four alleged offences
The 66-year-old, who is a lawmaker of the city’s powerful Election Committee constituency, allegedly hit two parked cars outside a residential hall at CUHK on Monday night, according to a police brief issued on Tuesday.
Students at Chinese University of Hong Kong. Photo: GovHK. He was arrested on suspicion of four offences, including drink driving, careless driving, failing to stop after a traffic accident, and failing to report a traffic accident.
He apologised in a Facebook post on Wednesday evening, adding that he will cooperate with the police investigation. The lawmaker is on bail and has to report to the police in late July.
Wong did not respond to a HKFP request for comment. He told online media outlet Kinliu on Thursday that he felt things were “chaotic” and he had “reflected” on his mistakes.
Local media reported that in 2015, a man with the same Chinese and English name as Wong was convicted of drink driving. Wong declined to comment when asked if he had committed the offence in 2015, according to local media reports.
Drink driving in Hong Kong is punishable by up to three years’ imprisonment and a fine of HK$25,000.
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