Yesterday (7th) 8 more staff members of the "Tong Le Ju" under the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children were arrested for suspected child abuse. A total of 14 people have been arrested in the incident, and the number of young children suspected of having been abused has increased to 26. Form a task force on the incident.
At 3:30 pm today (8th), the police will hold a press conference at the West Kowloon Regional Police Headquarters to explain the case, and "Hong Kong 01" will be broadcast live at that time.
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According to the news, officers of the Crime Department of the West Kowloon Region have set up a special task force on the incident. More than 20 members of the team spent more than 10 hours a day, reviewing about 40,000 hours of CCTV footage, and found that it began in mid-November last year. , Some staff suspected of abusing the children in the facility. The methods of child abuse included slapping the children vigorously, slapping them roughly on the head, throwing the children on the ground from knee height, grabbing the body of the children and throwing them against the wall.
After several days of investigation, the police locked 8 more childcare workers on suspicion of abusing young children in the hospital.
As for the victims, there were six more children, aged between 1.5 and 3. A total of 26 children were abused. The police have contacted all the children and arranged for them to be examined in the hospital.
The police investigation is still ongoing, and it is not ruled out that more people will be arrested.
Su Shuxian, director-general of the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children, said earlier that staff suspected of child abuse had been suspended.
And through the establishment of an independent review committee, a comprehensive review of the "Tongleju Incident" and the management and operation of the organization will be submitted, and a review report will be submitted before the end of the month.
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