The "Tongleju" under the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children was exposed as a suspected collective child abuse incident. At least 35 young children were victimized and were beaten to the ground, "buried in a wall", pulled their hair, and slapped. The youngest was only 1 year old. The police have so far A total of 20 staff members have been arrested, of which 18 have been charged.
On the 17th of this month, the Social Welfare Department dispatched staff to the "Tongleju" to monitor the daily operation, and yesterday (25th) received the agency's review report before the deadline.
Xia Mu, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children, and Huang Jiachun, Chairman of the Independent Review Committee, held a press conference this afternoon (26th) to explain the content of the review report.
The SWD said yesterday that it has received the investigation report from the Society for the Protection of Children and will carefully review and decide the next steps. After depending on the content of the report and the results of the investigation, the SWD will not rule out the possibility of taking corresponding regulatory actions in accordance with the law.
In addition, if the Director of Social Welfare considers that an individual child care worker is no longer suitable for child care work, the person concerned may be removed from the registration.
The Social Welfare Department will be stationed in the "Tong Le Ju" on January 17
It has been more than a month since the incident was revealed. Cai Su Shuxian, director-general of the Society for the Protection of Children, only met with the media on December 28 last year. He pointed out that the committee established and expanded a task force to include independent persons and board members. External experts have comprehensively tracked down a total of 891 residential homes under its jurisdiction. To support the camera; Tong Le Ju will send an additional child care center supervisor to ask all staff to report suspected cases to the police.
"Tongleju" staff arrested
Tongleju child abuse case｜Police re-detained 2 female staff members of the nursing home for child abuse cases, totaling 35 Tongleju child abuse cases｜Review report will be announced within the day of MPs: If there is management accountability for resignation, it is reasonable for Tongleju child abuse cases ｜Advocate the industry to promote the policy of protecting children, the preschool director: one step ahead of the Legislative Council in the child abuse case at the Children’s House A total of 33 children were injured by workers
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