Second employee caught on video allegedly maltreating toddler at Hong Kong charity’s care home
- Child abuse scandal escalates as investigators discover video footage of another employee allegedly maltreating toddler
- Residential care home run by Po Leung Kuk accommodates children, from newborns to age three, who lack adequate support because of family problems
A child abuse scandal at a residential care home under one of Hong Kong’s leading charities escalated as another employee was found to have allegedly maltreated a youngster.
The Social Welfare Department discovered the latest incident while continuing an investigation at the home under the Po Leung Kuk’s residential childcare service in Causeway Bay on Tuesday.
The investigation was launched after a 33-year-old employee was arrested on September 20 on suspicion of ill-treating six children aged between one and three years. She was found to have roughly pushed the children onto play mats during a random check by the charity and Social Welfare Department.
Members of the department’s Child Care Centres Advisory Inspectorate combing through security camera footage at the home saw a second staff member apparently improperly handling a toddler, a spokesman said.
The department asked the charity to provide details about the employee and the child involved.
The social worker handling the child’s case was also called to the centre. The young resident was later examined at a hospital that evening.
The case was handed to police.