There was a child abuse incident at the "Tongleju" under the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children. The West Kowloon Regional Crime Unit recently arrested and charged 16 childcare workers. After checking the CCTV, the case has made new progress. After two more women, aged 25 and 28, were arrested in Tseung Kwan O and Kwai Chung in May (11), the police this morning (21) arrested two more female staff members, aged 56 and 46, in Wong Tai Sin and Shatin. , and charged each with one count of "assault against a child or juvenile in the custody".
The case will appear in the Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts tomorrow (22nd) morning.
A total of 18 people have been arrested in the case so far, and the number of injured children has increased by 4 to 33. All of them have been sent to the hospital for examination.
Police say they cannot rule out further arrests.
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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 Sunday, December 29, January 3, January 11 this year, and today (21), 18 women were arrested, all of whom were child care workers in the institution, aged between 23 and 63, and charged. One count each of "Assault on a Child or Young Person in the Custody".
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 submitted information to the police in stages. As of January 8 this year, the police seized a total of 46,000 hours of clips. The task force has completed 13% of the work. It is estimated that 60,000 hours of videos will need to be reviewed, which will take 2 months to complete. View work.
A number of plainclothes officers from the Kowloon West Regional Crime Squad arrived at the "Tong Le Ju" on Portland Street, Mong Kok at about 1 pm last week (13th) to collect evidence, and some detectives entered with a cardboard box.
By 2 p.m., police officers seized some of the evidence, including rattles, building blocks and finger sticks.
Police seized some of the evidence, including rattles, building blocks and finger sticks.
(Photo by Weng Yuhui)
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