Second employee caught on video allegedly maltreating toddler at Hong Kong charity’s care home

Child abuse scandal escalates as investigators discover video footage of another employee allegedly maltreating toddler. Residential care home run by Po Leung Kuk accommodates children, from newborns to age three, who lack adequate support because of family problems. — SCMP

A child abuse scandal at a residential care home under one of Hong Kong’s leading charities escalated as another employee was found to have allegedly maltreated a youngster.

The Social Welfare Department discovered the latest incident while continuing an investigation at the home under the Po Leung Kuk’s residential childcare service in Causeway Bay on Tuesday.