Hong Kong authorities will launch a guide for professionals required to report child abuse cases by the end of the month, which will include a decision tree that can be used as a legal defence in court. An ordinance that requires 25 education, healthcare and social work professions to report suspected cases of child abuse…
A father in China who has been criticised for locking his naked toddler son in an iron cage claims the pen was purely used to prevent the boy from wandering. On June 16, several naked toddlers were spotted on a red tricycle parked by the roadside in Hainan province, southern China, and one of them…
The number of child sexual abuse cases in Hong Kong has nearly doubled over the past decade, reaching more than 500 last year, with over one in five of the perpetrators aged 16 and below, authorities have said amid a rise in harmful incidents targeting youngsters. Lawmakers on Wednesday called for the government to urgently…
The number of child sexual abuse cases in Hong Kong has nearly doubled over the past decade, reaching more than 500 last year, with over one in five of the perpetrators aged 16 and below, authorities have said amid a rise in harmful incidents targeting youngsters. Lawmakers on Wednesday called for the government to urgently…
Two leaders of what authorities described as a violent online network have been arrested and charged for allegedly operating “one of the most heinous online child exploitation enterprises” officials have ever seen. The leaders, 21-year-old Leonidas Varagiannis, who is also known online as “War,” and 20-year-old Prasan Nepal, also known as “Trippy,” could spend the…
A Hong Kong father, previously sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his three-year-old daughter by shaking her to death in 2020, has filed an appeal against his conviction. A document made available at the High Court on Tuesday revealed that Lau Kai-ping, 42, had submitted an appeal against his conviction for one count…
The number of community nannies under a Hong Kong childcare programme has fallen by more than 40 per cent over a year, with industry players attributing the drop partly to carers’ fears over abuse allegations following an earlier scandal that tarnished the service. According to statistics submitted to the Legislative Council’s Finance Committee by the…
The number of community nannies under a Hong Kong childcare programme declined sharply by more than 40 per cent from 2023 to last year, with industry players attributing the dip partly to carers’ fears over abuse allegations following an earlier scandal that tarnished the service. There were a total of 1,043 nannies recruited to provide…
OF THOSE STORMS COMING UP HERE SHORTLY. THANK YOU. JASON. NEW AT SIX. THE NUMBER OF TIPS TO THE SAFE AND SOUND APP ARE DOWN IN 2025. FROM WHAT WE SAW AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE LATEST DATA FROM THE GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL SAFETY BUREAU. THE SAFE, SAFE AND SOUND…
A Hong Kong father has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of murdering his three-year-old daughter by shaking her to death in 2020, with a judge slamming him for using aggravated violence against a defenceless child. Madam Justice Anna Lai Yuen-kee passed the mandatory life sentence for murder on Lau Kai-ping, 42,…