Only one-third of Hong Kong parents recognise that constantly calling their children lazy, stupid or fat, or displaying emotional detachment can constitute child abuse, a survey by an NGO has found. Releasing the results of its survey on Sunday, the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong highlighted a critical gap in parental understanding ahead of new…
A domestic helper in Hong Kong has been charged with child abuse after she was accused of scalding her employer’s one-year-old son with hot water. A police spokesman said on Thursday the force had received a report from the mother of the child the day before. Officers arrested a 43-year-old domestic helper in Ma On…
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More than 80 per cent of 71 teachers deregistered in Hong Kong last year lost their licences for committing criminal offences such as theft, deception and child abuse, education authorities have revealed. The number of teachers involved in inappropriate relationships with students also more than doubled to eight cases last year from three in 2023….
A three-year-old Hong Kong girl’s death in 2020 could not have been caused by her falling out of bed as her father claimed, a murder trial heard on Monday, with prosecutors arguing her fatal injuries were consistent with violent shaking while alleging he had earlier said she should be “treated like a dog”. Lau Kai-ping,…
A Florida man convicted of killing a husband and wife at a remote farm as the couple’s toddler looked on was put to death Thursday in the state’s first execution of the year. James Dennis Ford, 64, was pronounced dead at 6:19 p.m. following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison, state officials said. Ford…
A Hong Kong charity group has logged more than double the number of hotline calls from professionals working with minors, after the passage of a mandatory reporting bill on suspected child abuse. NGO Against Child Abuse on Thursday released data showing it received a total of 1,059 calls to its hotline handling suspected abuse reports…
A survivor of abuse at the hands of an Australian Anglican Priest says the church should be “on their knees begging for forgiveness” after its worldwide leader stood down in the wake of a report into his knowledge of sexual abuse. Sexual assault support lines: On Tuesday, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, announced he would…
PHOENIX (AP) — President Joe Biden is at last making his way to Indian Country, paying a long-promised visit to a reservation in Arizona that Democrats hope could provide a boost to Vice President Kamala Harris’ turnout effort in a key battleground state. Biden’s visit to the Gila River Indian Community’s land on the outskirts…
Hong Kong authorities have sped up the investigation and prosecution of more than 200 serious child abuse cases over the past two years under efforts by an interdepartmental task force that made earlier intervention by government lawyers easier. Among the cases examined by the Vulnerable Victims and Child Protection Task Force was a high-profile one…