Two women have been arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of child abuse after an 11-year-old girl posted videos on social media in a plea for help, capturing moments of emotional distress inside her home.
Police arrested a 61-year-old local woman and a 43-year-old foreign woman in Wong Tai Sin on Friday on suspicion of ill-treatment or neglect by those in charge of a child or young person.
The girl, found with red and swollen limbs, was sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei in a conscious state on Thursday and later transferred to the Hong Kong Children’s Hospital in Kowloon Bay, according to police.
The arrest followed the circulation of two distressing video clips recorded secretly by the child inside a home setting.