Care worker at Hong Kong home for children with special needs suspended after allegations of abuse
- Care worker at home for children run by Yan Chai Hospital Board suspended after abuse allegations
- Police and management at Tsuen Wan centre launch investigations after routine checks of CCTV footage at the home
A care worker at a centre for children with special needs run by Hong Kong charity group the Yan Chai Hospital Board has been suspended from duty after a police investigation into alleged mistreatment of a four-year-old boy was launched.
The abuse is alleged to have been detected when Social Welfare Department staff reviewed security camera footage in a random check at Law’s Foundation Child Care Centre cum Hostel on Monday, a spokesman for the department confirmed on Tuesday.
Department officials alerted the police and the child was later examined in hospital.
The spokesman added officials had asked management at the home, which looks after children with physical and mental disabilities, to investigate the allegations and submit a report.
He added that officials had also checked the other children in the centre on Monday to ensure their health and safety.
The centre, on Yan Chai Street in Tsuen Wan, opened in 2000 and was designed for children aged two to six with severe physical and mental disabilities who need constant care.
