Hong Kong teachers living in fear over protest support

Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 16, 2020

Hong Kong's teachers say they are living in fear as the city's democracy protests rumble on, with some not daring to discuss the movement and others anxious they could even lose their jobs if they are caught supporting it. The education sector has always been at the vanguard of the financial hub's pro-democracy fight, with teachers and students taking to the streets in 2012 to oppose a gover