Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung promises stern punishment for teachers who encourage bullying of Hong Kong police officers’ children
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Hong Kong’s education chief has warned of serious punishment for teachers who encourage school bullying after a police association asked for more support for the vulnerable children of local officers.
“Children from as little as kindergarten age to as big as middle school students – our police families have experienced many cases of teacher-encouraged bullying,” Lam said after the meeting on Thursday.
“I do not think this should exist in such a mature and advanced society such as Hong Kong.”
Lam described a case in which the younger brother of an officer was exposed by classmates in a school WhatsApp group that also included a teacher. A barrage of abusive messages from classmates forced the officer’s brother to leave the group. Lam said the teacher had implicitly encouraged the bullying by not shutting down the anti-police messages.