A 41-year-old mother in Hong Kong has been charged with abuse and negligence after her 12-year-old son reported her to police for beating him with a rattan cane, the South China Morning Post learned.
The woman was arrested on Saturday from a flat at Kam Fung House in Wong Tai Sin after her son called the police at 2.48pm and complained he had been beaten.
A source on Sunday said the woman, surnamed Guo and holding a Hong Kong identity card, beat the child on his left shoulder and thigh with a rattan cane because she was unhappy with his attitude.
The boy had bruises on his chin and swellings on his left shoulder, upper arm and thigh.
He was sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei for treatment.
Guo has been charged with child abuse and negligence and will appear at Kowloon City Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
