A basketball coach at a secondary school in Siu Sai Wan alleged to have resorted to corporal punishment on a student is understood to have been arrested on suspicion of common assault.

Yung Kam-wah, who formerly played for the SAR basketball team, was released on bail in the early hours of Tuesday, according to sources.

The 54-year-old must report back to a police station on July 22.

This came as a video circulating online last week purportedly showed Yung using the hand of a student to slap the teenager in the face in front of other youngsters.

The incorporated management committee of Hon Wah College said the incident happened during the 2023/24 academic year and that Yung was suspended from his duties.

The coach apologised on social media after the incident came to light.



Edited by Tony Sabine