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Child Abuse Case at Tongleju | SWD dispatched a special team this morning to monitor daily operations on the spot

2022-01-17T05:05:55.155Z


The "Tongleju" child abuse case under the umbrella of the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children involved 29 young children. So far, 16 childcare workers involved in the case have been charged with "assault on children or young people under their care". Social Welfare Department this morning (17


The "Tongleju" child abuse case under the umbrella of the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children involved 29 young children. So far, 16 childcare workers involved in the case have been charged with "assault on children or young people under their care".

The Social Welfare Department dispatched a special team this morning (17th), with a total of about 8 people stationed in the child care center involved.

It is understood that the Police West Kowloon Regional Crime Squad continues to review the CCTV footage of the "Tong Le Ju", and it is not ruled out that follow-up actions will be carried out in the next few days.


The Social Welfare Department dispatched a special team this morning (17th), with a total of about 8 people stationed in the "Tongleju" of the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children, where the child abuse case occurred.

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The "Tongleju" child abuse case under the umbrella of the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children involved 29 young children. So far, 16 childcare workers involved in the case have been charged with "assault on a child or young person under their care".

After the incident was revealed at that time, the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children did not explain the situation until several days later. Its director-general, Su Shuxian, said that there was no evidence that similar incidents occurred in the kindergartens under its jurisdiction, emphasizing that it was "zero tolerance".

But she did not respond when asked if any high-level executives would take the blame and resign and apologize.

Eight people from the SWD drove into the children's house in two special vehicles

The SWD announced last Friday (14th) that it will dispatch a special team to the child care center involved today, including social workers, nurses and personnel with experience in supervising child care centers.

Until 11:15 in the morning, two special vehicles from the SWD, a total of about 8 people arrived at the child care center involved.

The team did not disclose the situation to the media, and there were no police cars and officers at the scene.

Police

continue to

look at CCTV footage or follow up

It is understood that the Police West Kowloon Regional Crime Squad continues to review the CCTV footage of the "Tong Le Ju", and it is not ruled out that follow-up actions will be carried out in the next few days.

The Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children said recently that it understands and supports the SWD's dispatch of a special team to "Tongleju" to monitor the daily operation, and will fully cooperate with it. It also pointed out that due to the recent shortage of "Tongleju" manpower, qualified personnel have been deployed from other units. In the past three weeks, child care workers at the supervisory level have been arranged to conduct special monitoring and surprise inspections at Tongleju.

Child Abuse Cases at Tongleju | This morning, SWD sent a special team to monitor the daily operations of child abuse cases at Tongleju | SWD will send a special team to monitor child abuse cases at Tongleju on a daily basis without ruling out further regulatory actions. The case team went to Tong Le Ju in Mong Kok to search for evidence and seize child abuse cases such as rattles, finger sticks, etc. | Police charged 2 female child care workers again on Thursday, and 16 people have been prosecuted for child abuse cases at Tong Le Ju | Police 2 more child care workers were arrested, a total of 16 people were arrested, 3 victims were added to the child abuse case of the children's home | 8 more female employees were charged with 5 males and 3 women The victim was only 1 to 2 years old in the child abuse case of the children's music home|Educational Review Yes: or the existence of child abuse culture, the government should thoroughly investigate and consider delisting

Source: hk1

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