Disqualified teacher faces two years in jail after being found guilty of setting foot on primary school premises in Hong Kong after being barred from doing so
- Cheung Kam-fai, 44, continued to work in school office despite earlier having had his teaching registration cancelled
- Any disqualified teacher needs written permission from permanent secretary for education to enter any school premises
A former assistant at a scandal-hit Hong Kong primary school was found guilty on Friday of entering the premises despite being barred from doing so.
Tuen Mun Court found that Cheung Kam-fai, 44, continued to work as the then principal’s right-hand man in the office of Hing Tak School between March 30 and April 11 last year, even though he was banned from even setting foot on the premises.
Cheung, who worked strictly on administrative matters, was a primary school teacher by profession until his teaching registration was revoked for reasons not specified during the trial.
Under Hong Kong law, any teacher disqualified from the profession can no longer set foot in a school without written permission from the permanent secretary for education.
On Friday, Magistrate Jacky Ip Kai-leung convicted Cheung of 10 counts of remaining in a school without permission.