Hong Kong teacher that internet users claim visited prostitutes on Wuhan study tour returns to city

Internet users in WhatsApp groups and on LIHKG, an online forum in Hong Kong similar to Reddit, over the weekend claimed a secondary school teacher was arrested on the mainland over vice activities.

The notice, signed by the school’s principal Leung Kwok-ho, said the teacher reported that information circulated online was “not accurate”, but stopped short of giving a specific reason for the latter’s delayed return.

Vice-principal Lee Shut-fai announced in a separate statement that the school had reported the incident to its board of directors, and had also set up an investigation task force to follow up on the matter while maintaining close contact with the Education Bureau.

A bureau spokesman on Tuesday refused to address the allegations, but said it attached great importance to the discipline of those joining the tour.

The study tour from Wednesday to Saturday last week was organised for newly-recruited teachers and included visits to schools, speciality industries, high-end technology companies and institutions, among other events.

City leader John Lee Ka-chiu announced in his 2022 policy address that new teachers in publicly funded schools would take part in study tours to the mainland.