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

South China Morning Post Legal & JudicialNews ReportEN 1 min read 100% complete by Wynna WongMarch 21, 2026 at 04:34 PM

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A 41-year-old woman was arrested in Hong Kong on Saturday on suspicion of child abuse after her 12-year-old son reported to police that she had beaten him with a rattan cane. Police received the report at 2:48 pm from the boy, who was in Wong Tai Sin. Officers arriving at the Tsui Fung Street flat observed the boy had a red and swollen shoulder and took him to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for treatment. The mother was detained while the Wong Tai Sin district crime squad investigates the incident. The arrest follows several recent cases of alleged child abuse or neglect in the region.

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The police force said it received a report at 2.48pm on Saturday from a boy in Wong Tai Sin.

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The 41-year-old mother was arrested on suspicion of “ill-treatment or neglect by those in charge of a child or young person”.

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The boy's shoulder was red and swollen.

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A boy complained he had been beaten by his mother.

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Police have arrested a woman on suspicion of child abuse.

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Tsuen Wan 40% Wong Tai Sin district crime squad 50% Tsui Fung Street 50% Queen Elizabeth Hospital 60% Yau Ma Tei 60% Wong Tai Sin ×270% Police Force (Hong Kong) 80% Hong Kong 90%

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child abuse 100% rattan cane 80% police investigation 70% ill-treatment or neglect 60% hong kong 50% domestic violence 40%

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