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Hong Kong teachers’ union is one inciting ‘white terror’ not us, says Education Bureau
- Professional Teachers’ Union to hold rally on Friday evening, as bureau says it should cut ties with ‘small group of troublemakers’
- Row stems from interview education minister Kevin Yeung gave to Communist Party news website
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The city’s main teachers’ union should support the Education Bureau and cut ties with “a small group of troublemakers” rather than spreading disinformation, the bureau has said in a rebuttal of the union’s claim it is creating white terror within the education sector.
The bureau’s statement follows a brewing row over its handling of complaints against teachers involved in anti-government protests, which has seen 80 teachers and teaching assistants arrested. It had also received 123 protest-related complaints against educators, with wrongdoings confirmed in 13 cases.
On Friday evening, the pro-democracy Professional Teachers’ Union is expected to hold a rally in Edinburgh Place over what it calls “white terror” imposed by the government. The union earlier accused education minister Kevin Yeung Yun-hung of trying to gag dissident views in schools by warning even headmasters could be dismissed if they could not handle “problem teachers” properly, referring to remarks made by Yeung in an interview with a Communist Party news website.
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“The Professional Teachers Union’s continuous twisting of the education minister’s words makes people wonder if they are trying to incite teachers’ emotions and promote their rally, as well as its political agenda,” the bureau’s spokesman said.
“The bureau has repeatedly explained the complaints process, but the union continues to twist facts and spread worry among teachers. It seems to be the one that is actually inciting white terror.”
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