In two separate incidents, two fathers were arrested for alleged child abuse.
In one incident, a 42-year-old father, surnamed Cheng, hit his 12-year-old daughter in Tai Po, giving her a nose bleed. Cheng’s 14-year-old son called the police on him.
In another incident, a 39-year-old, surnamed Kwok, threatened and slapped his 17-year-old teenage stepdaughter in Tin Shui Wai.
Government statistics show that child abuse has been more prevalent in the recent year, with 729 cases of child abuse taking place in the first nine months of 2013. Of the 729 cases, about 47 percent involved physical abuse, with 37 percent being sexual abuse cases.
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