A father who beat his baby daughter, threatened to kill her and sent photographs of her injuries to his ex-wife has been arrested in eastern China. The 2½-year-old girl has been sent to hospital by the authorities in Hangzhou in Zhejiang province and is in a stable condition, a police statement said. ‘Only one in seven’ child sex abuse cases are reported in China ... and teachers are among the worst offenders The 30-year-old father, whose full name was not given, was given custody of the child in October after the couple divorced, the news website Thecover.cn reported. His ex-wife was quoted as saying that her former husband had abused the child from March this year She last visited her daughter early last month, the report said. The father sent four photographs of the girl with bruises all over the body and threatened to kill the child if her mother asked for custody, according to the article. Hong Kong’s worst areas for child abuse named: new report reveals physical and sexual assaults against the young The mother posted the photographs online and appealed for help. “I want custody back and want the pervert to be punished,” she wrote.