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Authorities of central Quang Binh province have asked a local high school in to make a full disclosure about an incident in which a history teacher was allegedly beaten in class by two twelfth graders.
Ho Cong Quang is accused of attacking his teacher Pham Trung Cuong with the help of fellow student Hoang Dai Khanh on February 26 at Quang Ninh High School.
According to reports, Quang was late for his morning history class with Cuong, telling the teacher he had been “out for fun.”
Quang apparently left class again without asking permission and Cuong wrote the disrespectful behavior into the class record book.
Quang ran to see what the teacher had written and became agitated, ran out, and returned with Khanh, a student from another class.
Witnesses said the two ran up and attacked the teacher repeatedly with large pieces of wood they had brought with them.
Due to the injuries he sustained, Cuong was apparently unable to continue his teaching duties and reported suffering dizziness.
He was hospitalized the next morning.
Cover-up to protect an image?
District police sent a taskforce to the school to investigate but the school’s management board said “it was a trivial case,” and refused to cooperate with authorities.
The Sai Gon Giai Phong (Liberated Saigon) newspaper reported Monday that school principal Truong Dinh Thach had denied the assault took place.
Principal Thach allegedly told other teachers at the school: “This is only an internal case and there is no need to inform higher-level authorities as it does not involve criminal activity.”
After being shown the teacher’s medical records for hospitalization, Thach then said “the case is a pity, as this month the school is filing documents to be recognized as a national standard school.”
Tran Cong Thuat, deputy head of the provincial administration, said earlier the school had applied to be recognized as a prestigious “national school” but was turned down.
Quang and Khanh reportedly had weak academic records and a history of poor behavior.
The two students have so far not been charged with any wrongdoing in the case.
Source: TN, SGGP
