There has been an incident involving child abuse among employees of the "Tong Le Ju" under the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children. A total of 6 employees have been arrested so far, and at least 20 children are suspected of being abused.
Mo Jiancheng, a spokesperson for the Democratic Party’s welfare policy and a social worker himself, is worried about whether the child abuse incident reflects a long-standing structural problem in the organization, and questioned whether someone mismanaged and failed to deal with the problem early that led to the tragedy.
Mo emphasized that the task force established by the Society for the Protection of Children must join a third-party independent person who is not appointed by the organization, and make recommendations to eliminate the problem after finding the cause.
Tong Leju suspects that the incidents of child abuse are getting worse, saying that children were torn off their hair, slapped and slapped on their faces and heads, and even children were thrown to the ground. Their behavior was cruel and unacceptable.
Mo Jiancheng pointed out that the children living in "Tongleju" are all abandoned babies, orphans, children referred by the government or children from problematic families. He criticized that the incident has occurred for many days and the Society for the Protection of Children has not disclosed the incident so far. The cause of suspicion caused the public to lose confidence in the Society for the Protection of Children. They believed that the Society for the Protection of Children was ashamed of the children. Therefore, the SWD was asked to intervene and openly report the incident. The Society for the Protection of Children must also apologize publicly.
An employee of the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children was suspected of abusing several infants in the "Tong Le Ju" facility at 387 Portland Street, Mong Kok, last Friday (17th).
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Regarding how to put an end to the problem of child abuse in the society, Mo Jiancheng pointed out that the outside world does not know the members of the task force established by the Society for the Protection of Children, and the Bureau of Labor and Welfare has even stated that it will not send personnel to join. I feel that the Bureau of Labor and Welfare is trying to shirk its responsibilities and is extremely worried that the incident will "check oneself by oneself" and fail to find the problem thoroughly.
Mo Jiancheng believes that the SWD must intervene in the task force to ensure that the investigation is fair and impartial, and the team must join a third-party independent person not appointed by the Society for the Protection of Children, such as the legal profession, the social welfare sector, child psychologists and child care workers, etc. , After finding out the cause of the incident, make recommendations to prevent future child abuse incidents and correct the improper governance of the institution.
Before the results of the investigation are available, consideration may be given to evacuating the children currently living in Tongleju to other social welfare agencies to protect the rights and safety of young children.
Mo Jiancheng, spokesman for the welfare policy of the Democratic Party and originally a social worker.
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