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| The woman suspected of suffocating her 3 daughters to death is led away by police (RTHK photo) |
Chief Executive John Lee has made an impassioned appeal to the public to help protect children in Hong Kong, a day after a woman resident of Indian descent was arrested on suspicion of suffocating her three young daughters to death.
"No matter what happens in a family,
violence is not the solution, it would only exacerbate the problem. Same as
every human being, every child has a right to live. No one should take away
their lives. We must protect our children. There is always a very complicated
array of factors behind family tragedies," Lee told reporters earlier
today, Tuesday.
He said those who are in urgent need of help should not
hesitate to ask for assistance, including from the government. People around
them in turn, should go out of their way to help and enlist the aid of concerned government departments if need be.
He pledged continued support from the government at well as collaboration with non-government organizations and the private sector in extending
help to those in need, including members of ethnic minority communities.
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| The visibly distraught HK leader appeals to everyone to help those in need |
Initial investigations revealed that the 29-year-old
mother had separated from her husband and took the three children to live with
her in a subdivided unit in Kweilin Street in Sham Shui Po.
Early yesterday she called the police and said her estranged
husband had attacked their children aged 2, 4 and 5, with a knife, and had
injured her as well.
Officers who rushed to the woman’s residence did
not see any sign of her being injured, but noticed that she was incoherent.
They found the bedroom door locked, and when they broke it down, saw the three
girls lying on a bed, motionless. They rushed them to a hospital but they were
already dead on arrival.
The woman has been charged with three counts of
murder and will appear in Kowloon City court tomorrow.
The incident came just two days after a mentally ill
man stabbed two women to death in a mall in Plaza Hollywood in Diamond Hill.
Police said it was a random attack as there was no sign that the assailant knew the victims.
