All eyes are on a primary school in Tuen Mun following reports that a 7-year-old boy had a pencil eraser forced into his ear by a male classmate on Friday.
According to Apple Daily, the boy surnamed Yu, had been bullied by classmates since starting school at the Church of Christ in China Hoh Fuk Tong Primary School in September. His mother told the newspaper that her son’s classmates had thrown pieces of chalk, stole his stationery, and on one occasion jabbed their fingers into his eyes.
But one of the most distressing incidents, allegedly happened on Nov 11, with reports the boy was hit by two classmates, who then forced an eraser into his ear and left it there.
The mother said she suspected her son was being bullied, as that evening he would not stop crying and said he did not want to go back to school. The day after, she said her son told her: “Mom, I’ll wait for you in heaven.”
Five days after the incident, the mother took her son to a private clinic, who then referred him to a psychologist at Tuen Mun Hospital. The day after being referred to the clinic, she said her son felt pain in his leg and was taken to the emergency room, where he told her that someone put something in his ear.
On Saturday, he was taken to a private clinic for surgery to have the eraser removed from his ear, and was discharged from hospital yesterday.
According to the SCMP, the mother accused the school of not handling the boy’s complaints properly, and police are now looking into the incident.
Journalists were waiting outside the school today after it was heard the school invited parents for a meeting regarding the case.
When the Yus were asked by journalists if the staff were sincere, the father replied: “Sincere? It’s hard to say. This meeting was only to appease the other parents, not to appease us. We did not call for this meeting, we only turned up because we received a message from the school.”
The Standard reported that the boy’s hearing was impaired, and he has to take antibiotics. The mother added that after the anesthesia wore off, the boy ate twice, but vomited in both instances, and it remains to be seen when he will fully recover.
According to section three the Juvenile Offenders Ordinance, no child under the age of 10 can be guilty of a criminal offense.
