Mother arrested after boy, 12, told police she beat him with a rattan cane

2026.03.21 15:50 Police were called to a flat on Tsui Fung Street in Wong Tai Sin. Photo: Google Maps Police have arrested a woman on suspicion of child abuse after she allegedly hit her 12-year-old son with a rattan cane in a Hong Kong flat. The police force said it received a report at 2.48pm on Saturday from a boy in Wong Tai Sin who complained he had been beaten by his mother. The boy, whose shoulder was red and swollen, was later taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei for treatment after police arrived at the public housing flat on Tsui Fung Street. Officers conducted an initial investigation and arrested the 41-year-old mother on suspicion of “ill-treatment or neglect by those in charge of a child or young person”. She was detained while the Wong Tai Sin district crime squad conducted further investigations. The report follows several cases of alleged child abuse or neglect in recent weeks, including a couple arrested earlier this month after their one-year-old son fell to his death from a high-rise residential building in Tsuen Wan. Police also arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of ill‑treating a baby after a video posted online showed him on an MTR train repeatedly slapping the infant’s foot each time it touched the stroller’s front bar. A source said the teenager was the baby’s maternal uncle. The government has also strengthened child protection by passing a new law that took effect in January this year. Under the Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Ordinance, more than 100,000 people across 25 professions in the social welfare, education and medical sectors are required to report suspected maltreatment of those aged under 18 or face penalties of up to three months’ imprisonment and a fine of HK$50,000 (US$6,410).

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