Ex-lawmaker slams legislature’s silence on basketball coach’s alleged abuse of students
A former lawmaker has criticised Legislative Council members for not speaking up for students who were allegedly abused by a basketball coach. The coach was not prosecuted as a police investigation found “insufficient evidence” to press charges. Doreen Kong, who served as a lawmaker for one term in the “patriots only” legislature before stepping down […]
A former lawmaker has criticized Legislative Council members for their silence on the alleged abuse of students by basketball coach Yung Kam-wah. Despite the coach's arrest in June 2025 on suspicion of common assault, the police investigation concluded that there was "insufficient evidence" to press charges. Lawmaker Doreen Kong expressed her disappointment in a Facebook post, questioning why lawmakers in the education and welfare sectors were not speaking up in fairness to the students and athletes.
Kong highlighted the school's response, which included providing support to the student and suspending Yung from coaching duties, as well as the coach's role on the Kennedy Town & Shek Tong Tsui Area Committee. Kong also referenced lawmakers' remarks suggesting that beatings were not problematic, further emphasizing the need for more accountability and action from the Legislative Council.
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