Police are investigating a suspected assault on an 11-year-old boy at a Chai Wan school. They said they received a report on October 24 about an incident on October 21; no one had been arrested at the time of the reports.
Police said the boy had an injury to his buttock and was taken conscious to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital. The case is being investigated as assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
The boy’s parent alleged that a classmate assaulted him in a classroom and said he suffered physical and psychological effects. The parent also criticised the school’s handling of the complaint, alleging it declined a request to move the other pupil to another class. A report citing an unidentified source said the incident took place during recess, amid suspected rough play, and that the boy later told his father, who contacted police.
The Education Bureau said it had urged the school to follow up seriously and support students who needed help.
S.K.H. Chai Wan St. Michael's Primary School said it had contacted the relevant parents, notified the Education Bureau and activated its crisis response arrangements. It arranged for its student guidance team and a school-based educational psychologist to provide counselling and emotional support to students and staff who need it.