We are often told about the victims of bullying, but it's rare to hear what becomes of bullies.
Young Post tracked down one of the offenders in one of the most serious bullying cases in recent years to find out how bullies put their future at risk.
From his boy-next-door looks, you would never have guessed 20-year-old Pon - not his real name - was involved in a murder, and spent two and half years in a juvenile jail.
It all started at secondary school. In Pon's Kowloon school, bullying and triad activities were common. Teachers were unable to stop the bullies, who often had triad connections, from ruling the school.
'If you said something they didn't like, they beat you up,' Pon says. 'If they thought you were staring at them, they beat you up. If you hadn't done anything but they were in a bad mood, they still beat you up.'
For Pon, then 13, it was only a matter of time before he became involved: 'He [a bully] bumped into me. He thought I was blocking his way and he beat me up.' He fought back in self-defence, but that made matters worse. The gang held a grudge and bullied him when there were no teachers around.
