The police have arrested and charged 14 childcare workers for a horrific incident of child abuse at "Tongleju", a subsidiary of the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children.
According to the news, the police arrested two more people today (11th), aged 25 and 28 respectively. A total of 16 people have been arrested so far, and the number of victims has increased by 3 to 29.
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On December 22 last year, the police received a report from Tong Le Ju, claiming to have received a complaint from the public that a staff member abused children at the outdoor playground of the institution.
The police immediately launched an investigation, seized and reviewed CCTV footage, and found that some children were abused by staff members by beating their heads, pulling their hair, slapping them, knocking children to the ground, or "burying them in walls". On January 3, 29 and 3 January this year, 14 women were arrested, all of whom were child care workers in residential care homes, aged between 23 and 63, and charged with each count of "discrimination against a child or young person in their custody". Assault" crime.
In view of the large number of video clips involved in the case, the West Kowloon Criminal Headquarters quickly dispatched 21 detectives to set up a special team to review the CCTV footage with all their might.
The institution submits information to the police in stages. As of January 8 this year, the police have seized 46,000 hours of footage. The task force has completed 13% of the work. It is estimated that 60,000 hours of footage will need to be reviewed, which will take 2 months to complete. View work.
The police have been reviewing the videos for several days. Today, two female staff members were revealed to be suspected of child abuse, and they were arrested. At the same time, it was found that three more children were abused, and they have been arranged to go to the hospital for examination and treatment.
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