Former Hong Kong leader CY Leung slams education chief over cases of teachers’ protest comments on social media
- It is the first time the ex-chief executive has hit out at a serving official, as schools get embroiled in months-long anti-government movement
- Source says two public school teachers suspended, while Education Bureau confirms warning sent to two others from aided schools
Two public school teachers were suspended for online remarks on the ongoing protests, it emerged on Thursday, as former Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying accused the city’s education chief of mishandling the sector in relation to the anti-government movement.
In his first criticisms against a serving official, Leung lashed out at education minister Kevin Yeung Yun-hung on Facebook after, in a separate case, his bureau issued letters to reprimand two other teachers from aided secondary schools for anti-police speeches made on their personal social media accounts.
The four cases were among the 58 complaints the bureau received against teachers concerning “social events in recent months”.
In the case of the two public school teachers, a source told the Post they were suspended for complaints against their comments over the withdrawn extradition bill.
The bureau, which confirmed the cases said: “While an investigation is still under way, the teachers concerned have been suspended from duties and temporarily posted to other job positions which do not involve contact with students.”