Mother arrested after girl, 4, found alone in Sau Mau Ping trying to hail taxi
Police are investigating how the daughter of the 40-year-old asylum seeker from Uganda ended up at the location
A woman was arrested on Tuesday over ill treatment of her daughter after the girl, four, was found wandering on the street in Hong Kong.
The 40-year-old woman, an asylum seeker from Uganda, was detained when she arrived at Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station with a man at about 1.30am. She told officers that her daughter was missing.
She made the report 24 hours after the girl was found alone on a street in Sau Mau Ping.
Hong Kong police search for parents of girl, 4, found trying to hail taxi in Sau Mau Ping
The two live in a flat in Chungking Mansions on Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, according to sources.
Officers are investigating if the girl had been taken to Sau Mau Ping and abandoned there.
By Tuesday evening, the woman was still being held for questioning and had not been charged.
The Post understands that the Hong Kong-born girl is currently being cared for in an orphanage in the city.
“Social workers, medical staff and police will discuss the girl’s welfare in a meeting and study if the mother is suitable and capable of caring for the girl,” a government source said.