The SUN Hong Kong
Le Sommet in North Point where the alleged offence is said to have taken place The Migrant Workers Office has been in touch and is extending help to a 39-year-old Filipina domestic worker arrested yesterday on suspicion of ill-treating a 15-month-old baby in her care. This is according to a MWO case worker who said their office reached out to the arrested worker after news of her arrest was published earlier today. According to news reports, the helper was arrested at the flat of her employer at Le Sommet on Fortress Hill Road at about 4pm yesterday after a woman called the police and said that her son appeared to have fallen off a bed and was mistreated. Officers who responded arrested the domestic helper after a preliminary inquiry on suspicion of “ill treatment or neglect by those in charge of a child or young person.” The helper remains in police custody for further questioning. The toddler was taken to Ruttonjee Hospital examination though he had no apparent injuries. Ill-treating a child is punishable under Hong Kong’s Offences Against the Person Ordinance with up to 10 years in prison upon indictment of 3 years on summary conviction.
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