"Tongleju", a subsidiary of the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children, is suspected of child abuse cases. Three more female staff members of the institution have been charged with child abuse. Today (5th), they appear in the Kowloon City Court. The defense requires English letters On behalf of the defendant's name, Magistrate Mo Zicong refused on the grounds of the principle of open justice.
The prosecution said that the police needed time to watch a large number of closed-door TV videos and conduct investigations. The case was postponed until March 21 for retrial. The defendants were granted bail of 10,000 yuan. During the period, they were not allowed to harass the prosecution witnesses or the staff of the hospital, and they were not allowed to participate. Child care work.
The three defendants: Zhou Cuiying (45 years old), Fu Yuelang (25 years old) and Liu Luqi (24 years old), all child care workers, are each charged with one count of assault on a child or young person under their care, alleging that the three were charged with assaulting a child or juvenile in their custody in 2021. On December 14, November 29 and December 9, 2008, in the "Tong Le Ju" on the ground floor of No. 387 Portland Street, Mong Kok, who was responsible for custody, custody or care of children, they attacked a 2-year-old boy B respectively. , 1-year-old boy AK, and 1-year-old AJ in ways that are likely to cause them unnecessary suffering.
In the past, when several defendants in the same case appeared in court, some only represented their names in English letters, but the prosecution did not apply to the court for an anonymity order.
The prosecution listed the full name of the defendant in the charge sheet in this case, and the defense lawyer had requested that the same be replaced by English letters, and hoped that the prosecution would only disclose the defendant's name after the case was merged, but the prosecution claimed that the In one case, two defendants disclosed their names, and the rest of the defendants will also be disclosed after the case is merged. The magistrate finally rejected the defense's application and allowed the full names of the defendants to appear on the charge sheet.
The prosecution also said that the police have to review 60,000 hours of CCTV images from time to time and contact witnesses. It is not ruled out that further arrests will be made, so the case needs to be adjourned for later hearing.
Case No.: KCCC350/2022
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