SINGAPORE, May 27 -- A Hong Kong secondary school principal has been suspended pending an investigation after a video showing him swearing at security guards during a parking dispute in Singapore triggered widespread backlash online.

According to Singapore-based media organisation AsiaOne, Lee Cheuk-hing, principal of San Wui Commercial Society Secondary School in Hong Kong's Tuen Mun district, was filmed confronting two security personnel at Safra Jurong on May 22.

The video, which quickly spread on social media, allegedly showed Lee telling the guards to "shut up" while also pulling faces and using profanities during the altercation.

The incident reportedly stemmed from a dispute involving a bus that had stopped near the entrance of ...