Let judges jail child abusers for life, Hong Kong lawmaker says, after a father gets six years for beating daughter so badly she is now blind and on life support

There should be no upper limit to the amount of time judges can jail the city’s child abusers for, a Hong Kong lawmaker said on Wednesday.

Fernando Cheung Chiu-hung called for an overhaul of child protection laws after a father, who beat his newborn daughter so badly she is now blind and dependent on life support, was sent to prison for less than seven years on Tuesday.