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SCMP Reporter

An unemployed mother who stripped her eight-year-old daughter and left her naked in the street as punishment was put on probation for a year yesterday. 
Wong Ngan-chun, 35, wept in Tuen Mun Court as she pleaded with magistrate Stephen Smout to give her another chance.
She had pleaded guilty earlier to ill-treatment of a child.
The court heard that on June 18, Wong hit her daughter with a coat hanger because the girl had damaged a button on an electric fan at their home at Tai Hing Estate, Tuen Mun. The defendant then took off her daughter's clothes and left her alone in the street. 
A 64-year-old pedestrian who found the girl wandering in the Tai Hing Commercial Centre bought clothes for her and called the police.
Weeping, Wong promised to change her ways, saying she did not want her daughter to be taken away from her. 
Wong's 40-year-old husband said in a letter to the court that he was partially responsible for the incident. In 2009, he suspected that his wife was having an affair and their relationship soured, which affected their daughter's grades at school. 
On the day of the incident, he went to work as usual and Wong was to take their daughter to school, the court heard. But the girl was naughty and out of control, which led to the defendant acting in a way that was out of character. 
The family of three now realised the importance of family life and had learnt to value it, the court heard.
Smout said that Wong did not know how to teach her daughter to behave. However, she had a sincere relationship with the child and was genuinely remorseful.



Probation for mother who left child naked in street as punishment