Hong Kong mum charged with abuse after son, 12, calls police over cane beating
Child injured on chin, shoulder, arm and thigh, sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for treatment
A 41-year-old mother in Hong Kong has been charged with child abuse after her 12-year-old son reported her to police for beating him with a rattan cane, the South China Morning Post has learned.
The woman was arrested on Saturday in a flat at Kam Fung House in Wong Tai Sin after her son called police at 2.48pm and complained he had been beaten.
A source said on Sunday that the woman, surnamed Guo and holding a Hong Kong identity card, allegedly beat the child on his left shoulder and thigh with a rattan cane because she was unhappy with his attitude.
The boy had bruises on his chin and swellings on his left shoulder, upper arm and thigh.
He was sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei for treatment.
Guo has been charged with child abuse and will appear at Kowloon City Court on Monday.