In both interviews, the Chief Inspector then produced the punishment record and asked why not one caning was marked in any part in red nor recorded as other than 3 or 4 strokes. The shock and silence was described as metaphorically deafening to my husband.
In an interview, Mr Ing had claimed he had not given a 6-stroke caning for years and that would be verified by the records. What might explain this discrepancy was only discovered by opening Mr Ing’s private filing cabinet in his office at the school, the keys to which were discovered secreted behind his own coffee cup and other personal items that nobody else would have touched.