Complaints against Hong Kong teacher who swore at police upheld ... four years after protest
Education Bureau says her actions during Falun Gong dispute had ‘affected the dignity of the education profession’
A primary school teacher caught on camera swearing at police over their handling of a dispute between activists of the Falun Gong spiritual movement and opponents in 2013 was found to have breached professional codes of conduct.
After a four-year wait, Alpais Lam Wai-sze said she finally received the letter from the Education Bureau on Friday stating that three complaints filed to the teachers’ disciplinary board claiming she had breached the code had been substantiated.
The code says teachers should refrain from activities that could damage the image of the profession and respect the law.
The bureau said it had reviewed the complaints from the statutory Council on Professional Conduct in Education and found her actions had “affected the honour, dignity and ethics of the education profession”.
“This bureau agrees with the council’s recommendations,” the letter read.