Politics
Written by: Zheng Baosheng
2019-12-11 16:27
Last updated: 2019-12-11 16:27The Education Bureau said earlier that the director had instructed schools to "consider suspending" the duties of teachers arrested in Sheung Shui.
The director of the Education Bureau, Yang Runxiong, said that as a teacher registration agency, the bureau will seriously follow up teachers' individual complaints or arrests.
A member of the Education Legislative Council, Ye Jianyuan, responded to the incident today (11), stating that schools must handle it with care and balance.
Yang Runxiong said consideration of impact on schools and students
Yang Runxiong once again talked about instructing schools to "consider suspension" of the post of arrested teachers. He was asked whether he was sentenced without trial. He believed that the approach was mainly to consider the impact on schools and students.
Ye Jianyuan responded in the Legislative Council, saying that the current situation of excessive arrests and false accusations is very serious, and it is not possible to judge whether someone has done wrong or to determine whether a teacher is suitable for teaching by relying solely on arrest or going to court.
Ye Jianyuan said that the legal principle of presumption of innocence must be ensured when handling arrested teachers, and the person cannot be guilty before judgment. (Profile picture)
He pointed out that school management must be careful and balanced when considering cases of teacher arrest, and ensure that teachers are provided with procedural justice, including presumption of innocence, opportunity to defend, right to seek union and legal advice, and right to appeal.
Ye Jianyuan: the person should not be guilty before a verdict
Ye Jianyuan said that when considering the suspension of duties, the presumption of innocence is generally adopted, and the person should not be accused before the verdict. The arrested teacher is still in the legal process and cannot be judged as suitable for continuing teaching based on his arrest alone. The current practice of the Education Bureau requesting the suspension of the teacher's position is a trial without trial, which will cause huge and unnecessary pressure on the school and allow the school to handle the incident in a balanced manner.
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Ye Jianyuan also pointed out that the government and the establishment faction shifted the spearhead of political incidents to teachers in order to divert the attention of the society, but this approach was fueled by fire. The government and constitutionalism shielded the police from abusing force and did not investigate it, but at the same time complaining and investigating teachers' statements on social media were revealing social injustice.
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