Around 100 people held a rally at the Edinburgh Place, Central, to protest against the University of Hong Kong's (HKU) move to start proceedings against Occupy Central co-founder Benny Tai that could see him fired. The law professor was released on bail pending appeal over his convictions of leading the pro-democracy movement in 2014. He was jailed in April 2019 for 16 months. Members of the rally many of them HKU graduates said "the university should not have set up the inquiry as it violates due process as Tai's appeal is before the courts".