Mother accused of neglect was ashamed of disabled daughter, Hong Kong court hears

A mother accused of neglecting her seven-year-old to the point of near-death was afraid to admit she had a daughter with disability when her three other children were “good looking and very smart”, a court heard on Tuesday.

The family’s social worker found that “children were of paramount importance” to Mandy Wong Wing-man, 42, but also observed that the accused mother of four was “strange and unreasonable” when caring for her youngest daughter, Suki Ling Yun-lam.