Battle lines drawn over teacher Alpais Lam's swearing at police
Protesters to descend on Alpais Lam's school as her backers launch petition to support her
The government's attempts to end the controversy surrounding a teacher's swearing at police officers may fall on deaf ears.
Supporters of a radical pro-government group plan to protest next month when the school year starts, and the teacher's backers have launched a petition.
Patrick Ko Tat-pun, convenor for the Voice of Loving Hong Kong, said some of the group's supporters were dissatisfied with what they called a "lack of reflection" by Alpais Lam Wai-sze after she swore at the officers over their handling of a street dispute between Falun Gong supporters and pro-Beijing protesters.
They would hold a rally at the start of new academic year on September 2 outside Pui Ling School of the Precious Blood in Fanling, where Lam teaches.
"I think some of our supporters may have already applied to the police to hold a rally at the start of the new school year," Ko said on RTHK radio.
The school's board has issued a verbal warning to Lam, who has already apologised - though not to police - but Ko said she had shown "no sincerity to the police officers who she swore at".
