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Hong Kong mother sentenced to 22 years for starving son to death

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A mother in Hong Kong has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for the severe abuse and starvation of her five-year-old son, who died in September 2022. The judge described the crime as the worst form of child cruelty, noting the boy's extremely low weight and numerous injuries. The mother had isolated the child and concealed his absence from school. AI

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Hong Kong mother sentenced to 22 years for starving son to death

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Fiona Chow ·

    ‘Savage abuse’: Hong Kong mother gets 22 years for starving boy, 5, to death

    A Hong Kong mother who abused and starved her five-year-old son to death was sentenced to 22 years in prison, with the judge condemning a crime that exposed a “savage nature utterly devoid of the empathy inherent to motherhood”. Madam Justice Susana D’Almada Remedios on Wednesday…

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