8. The assault on students
Such being the case, the parents became more and more an-
xious and disturbed. The situation worsened when at least 5
students were assaulted by the non-teaching staff on May 3.
At 2 pm on May 3, all the form 2 students had a unified
English test. According to the new school regulation, letters
had already been sent to parents to inform them of the test three
days in advance and the final permission of the principal was
obtained. At 1.40 pm, the form 2 students came back for their
test only to find that the main gates were closed while several
non-teaching staff at the side-gate asked to check the names
and classes of the students and why they returned.
Anxious to
be on time for the test (as there were over 200 form 2 students
taking part in the test and 15 lautes would be too short fur
the checking of all the students), the stuaeuts tried to get
into the school while the non-teaching staff linked their hands
to form a human barrier. It was then that some of the students
were scratched, pushed down and kicked on the sput. One of them,
Ng Wai-man, was grabbed from behind on the neck and received
bruises as a result of the incident.
9. The call for the police
When a number of teachers and students asked to see the
principal over the non-teaching staff's assault on the students
on May 5, the principal refused to see them, and to the shock
of everybody, called the police claiming that she was intimidated.
Meanwhile the laboratory assistant took photos of the students
and teachers.
10%. The press conference
On May 7, parents decided to hold a press conference to make
what happened known to the public. Mr. Szeto, though having got
a warning letter from the Education Department for helping the
parents and for taking up a task exceeding his duty as a school
principal, was willing to help the parents again with the press
conference.
3.8.