School in China soaks confiscated mobile phones in water, smashes them with mallet

A uniformed man smashes a student's handphone with a hammer in Yongmao Middle SchoolPHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM PEAR VIDEO

SINGAPORE: When a student's mobile phone was confiscated by a school in Singapore earlier this year, the pupil's father sued the school for damages.

When a student's mobile phone was confiscated by Yongmao Middle School in Guizhou, however, the Chinese school decided to do some actual damage to it - by smashing it with a mallet on the school field.