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| Le Sommet in North Point where the alleged offence is said to have taken place |
The Migrant Workers Office has been in touch and is extending help to a 39-year-old Filipina domestic worker arrested yesterday on suspicion of ill-treating a 15-month-old baby in her care.
This is according to a MWO case worker who said their
office reached out to the arrested worker after news of her arrest was
published earlier today.
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| PINDUTIN ITO PARA SA DETALYE |
According to news reports, the helper was arrested at
the flat of her employer at Le Sommet on Fortress Hill Road at about 4pm
yesterday after a woman called the police and said that her son may have fallen off a bed because of mistreatment.
The details of the alleged abuse were not made clear. However, officers who responded to the call arrested the domestic helper after a preliminary inquiry on suspicion of “ill treatment or neglect by those in charge of a child or young person.”
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| Basahin ang detalye! |
The helper remains in police custody for further
questioning.
The toddler was taken to Ruttonjee Hospital examination
though he had no apparent injuries.
Ill-treating a child is punishable under Hong Kong’s
Offences Against the Person Ordinance with up to 10 years in prison upon
indictment of 3 years on summary conviction.
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