Child abuse cases stay hidden during Covid: police The police say the pandemic may have prevented child abuse cases from being uncovered, as the force recorded a slight fall in the number of reports last year. The issue of child abuse has come under the spotlight recently, after a couple were sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of their five-year-old daughter. The force said there were 770 child abuse cases last year, a 5.5 percent decrease from 2019. At a press briefing, chief inspector Moon Cheung from the force's family conflict and sexual violence policy unit attributed the fall in cases to social distancing measures, saying abuse ... Continue reading... https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1587170-20210423.htm Find in Internet Archives [google]Child abuse cases stay hidden during Covid: police[/google]
