Hong Kong mum charged with abuse after son, 12, calls police over cane beating

2026-03-22 - 10:23

A 41-year-old mother in Hong Kong has been charged with abuse and negligence after her 12-year-old son reported her to police for beating him with a rattan cane, the South China Morning Post learned. The woman was arrested on Saturday from a flat at Kam Fung House in Wong Tai Sin after her son called the police at 2.48pm and complained he had been beaten. A source on Sunday said the woman, surnamed Guo and holding a Hong Kong identity card, beat the child on his left shoulder and thigh with a...