A teacher who went and spied on several schools, accusing them of running illegal after hours classes, says he fears for his saftey after an online backlash.A schoolteacher in China claims he fears for his safety after he used a drone to spy on schools he thought were running after-school tutoring classes in breach of a controversial government ban introduced last year.
After he went public with his informing activities there was widespread criticism from parents and other teachers who accused him of "stopping students from working hard". Many said he was contributing to a worrying culture of snitching masquerading as public interest whistleblowing in China. Fu filmed human activity of an unclear nature at the five schools that he thought should be empty during the holidays, he said on short video app Douyin. He then reported what he claimed was illegal tutoring to local authorities using the videos as evidence.
The move has been deeply unpopular in mainland China among parents and teachers and prompted many tutoring centres and teachers to take their operations underground."We're willing to take after-school courses. What's wrong with that?" several people commented under one of Fu's videos on Douyin on July 26, which showed a campus where people were present during the holidays.