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| The boy's ill-treatment by his carer happened twice on the same day |
A Filipina domestic worker who admitted two counts
of mistreating a two-year-old boy under her care walked free from court earlier
today, Oct. 30, after being meted two concurrent 14-day jail terms, suspended
for two years.
E.G. Tiongson, 43 years old, pleaded guilty to two
counts of “willful assault by one in charge of a child or young person” before Acting
Principal Magistrate Cheng Lim-chi in Fan Ling, who immediately sentenced her.
The two offences she admitted both happened on
August 3 this year, inside the flat of Tiongson’s employer in Sze Tau Lung
Tsuen, Sha Tau Kok in Fanling.
The charges alleged that Tiongson being a person
over the age of 16 years who had custody over the child, “did willfully assault
the said boy, in a manner likely to cause the said boy unnecessary suffering or
injury to his health.”
Up until her sentencing, Tiongson was allowed to
post bail of $400, indicating that the charges against her were not of a
serious nature.
She was arrested and detained at the Sheung Shui
Police Station before being allowed to post bail.
While she escaped a jail term, Tiongson’s conviction
would likely prevent her from working in Hong Kong again, at least not in the
near future.
