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The female defendant in the Tongleju child abuse case accused her predecessors of teaching her to treat her children coldly to prevent them from putting their affection on their caregivers

2022-12-20T11:29:02.035Z


Tong Leju's 24-year-old former child care worker's case of abusing a 1-year-old boy continued. The defendant appeared in court this afternoon (20th). put too much emotion in


Tong Leju's 24-year-old former child care worker's case of abusing a 1-year-old boy continued. The defendant appeared in court this afternoon (20th). Putting too much affection on the caregivers makes them feel lonely after the staff are off duty.

She also pointed out that some young children sometimes make dangerous moves to attract attention, and suggested that she should treat the children coldly, lest the children think they have succeeded.

The defendant claimed that she ignored the suggestions of her colleagues at the beginning and was affectionate and doting on the children, but found that it would cause chaos and increase the burden on her colleagues.

She also found that if she treats children coldly, her colleagues will not criticize her, but instead, she will get some words when she plays with the children.


Female defendant Liu Luqi (24 years old) was accused of abusing a one-year-old boy AJ in Tongleju on December 9, 2021. The prosecution accused her of kicking the boy in the face and hitting the boy repeatedly with her knees head to the wall with cushions.

"Kids Joyful Home" under the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children was abused last year by a number of staff in charge of taking care of children.

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Young children draw attention to themselves with dangerous dynamics

After the prosecution finished presenting evidence this morning, Magistrate Mo Zicong ruled that the probative evidence was established.

The defendant testified in court. She said that when she joined the job in February 2020, her senior colleagues reminded her not to care too much or take care of the young children too much, lest the young children put too much emotion on the caregivers, which would make them feel uncomfortable after get off work. lonely.

He also pointed out that individual young children may make dangerous actions such as climbing, dropping toys, or hurting other young children in order to gain the attention of the staff, so they need to be treated indifferently to prevent young children from feeling that their behavior is effective.

Coworkers say little about playing with young children

The defendant also said that when she first joined the job, she tried to ignore the reminders of her senior colleagues and still treated the children enthusiastically, but found that this way could easily lead to accidents or danger. For example, young children would rush to be hugged by her. When they leave, they will cry together, etc. She realizes that excessive pampering of young children will have adverse effects, and even cause chaos and increase the burden on colleagues.

She said that senior colleagues would use rough methods to stop children from misbehaving, and they did not accuse her of treating children coldly.

Report the situation to the management when an old colleague leaves

The defendant bluntly stated that some colleagues left because they could not accept the culture of the residential care home. Before resigning, they reported to the superintendent that they could not allow this environment to change their original intentions. Therefore, they believed that the management must know that Tongleju has such a culture.

She also mentioned that some staff who are more indifferent and rude may be considered "more capable" and thus assigned to take care of more children, resulting in a situation where one employee may need to take care of 10 children at the same time.

Video shows accused assaulting boy on cushion

The closed-circuit television footage was played in court. The prosecution pointed out that the defendant was sitting on a cushion and attacked the boy AJ, including: kicking AJ's abdomen and near the buttocks, causing him to lose his balance and fall to the ground; Bounced to AJ's head, then kicked him in the face; pressed his head with his hands to make him sit down; pulled his pants to his side, and then used his knees to hit his head against the wall cushion 8 times.

Defendant explained that playing with young children

The defendant explained that she wanted to play with AJ with her feet, and clarified that she just used her feet to "push" and "bump" his body and "push" his face instead of "kicking". So I played with him with my feet from beginning to end”; she pressed AJ on the head only to stop him from making dangerous actions, including biting other young children; and when she saw AJ shaking the net bed, she would pull him to her side and use it again. Knee "bumps" AJ's head to prevent him from escaping.

She agreed that AJ did cry more and more, but she didn't know the reason.

There is a degree of control that does not count as an assault

She agrees that AJ does not see any behavior in the film that would hurt herself or other young children, and also admits that she can use toys to distract him, but she uses the "worst method", but she insists that her behavior motive is just to Playing with him with appropriate control and not considered assault or causing pain to AJ.

Case No.: KCCC1887/2022

Tongleju Child Abuse Case The former dean said that he had never heard of employees treating young children roughly, saying that colleagues love children. Tongleju Child Abuse Case Officer said that there is no way to hide the evil under CCTV. Female staff abused 9 children and imprisoned them for 15 months. Tongleju abused children Case|Female employee involved in beating and slapping 2-year-old girl was sentenced to 4 weeks in prison Tongleju Child Abuse Case|Official involved in beating two children reprimanded staff for abandoning professional integrity and sentenced to prison for 4 months and 10 weeks. Sentenced to about 7 months in prison for humiliating behavior

Source: hk1

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