Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has resigned from an honorary fellowship at a college at Britain’s Cambridge University after it questioned her commitment to the protection of human rights and freedom of expression.
香港行政長官林月娥辭去英國劍橋大學一所學院的榮譽院士一職。
Lam said the accusations made by Wolfson College were 「groundless」 and said she was 「deeply disappointed by the college smearing a person on the basis of hearsay instead of facts」.
林表示，沃爾夫森學院的指控是「毫無根據的」，並表示她「對學院道聽途說而非基於事實去抹黑一個人，她深感失望」。
「I cannot persuade myself to continue having any connection with Wolfson College and therefore decided to give back the honorary fellowship,」 Lam said in a statement on Facebook on Saturday.
「我無法說服自己繼續與沃爾夫森學院保持任何聯繫，因此決定退還榮譽獎學金，」林周六在臉書上發表聲明說。
She accused British politicians - whom she did not name - of being behind the move.
她指責英國政客——她沒有指名道姓——是這一行動的幕後推手。
China - once courted as a prime source of investment in Britain - has accused London of gross interference and pandering to the United States.
中國——曾經是英國的主要投資來源——指責倫敦粗暴幹涉和迎合美國。
Wolfson College said in July it was deeply concerned by events in Hong Kong and said it would consider Lam’s position as an honorary fellow, a role awarded to individuals to honour outstanding contribution in a specific field.
沃爾夫森學院在7月份表示，它對香港發生的事件深表關注，並表示將考慮林的榮譽院士職位。榮譽院士是為表彰在某一特定領域做出傑出貢獻的個人而授予的職位。
It said on Sunday: 「The Governing Body raised concerns with Mrs Carrie Lam about her commitment....
它在周日表示:「在香港最近發生的事件後，管理機構向林月娥表達了擔憂。」
「In response, Mrs Lam has resigned from her Honorary Fellowship.」
「作為回應，林鄭月娥已辭去榮譽院士職位。」