A coach at a Hong Kong training camp slapped an eight-year-old boy and made him stand under the sun as punishment. Police and prosecutors looked at it. She won't be charged. Instead she signed a three-month "bind-over," basically a promise to be good, or else. No conviction, no record, camp presumably continues.

Look, I get why bind-overs exist. Not every bad moment needs a criminal record hanging off it for life. But this is a grown adult hitting a child she was paid to look after, and the answer is a strongly worded letter. Parents send their kids to these camps trusting the coach more than they'd trust a stranger on the MTR. If this is the bar, ask what actually gets someone struck off. Right now the honest answer is: this doesn't.