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Hong Kong boy's starvation death exposes social service failures

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A five-year-old boy in Hong Kong died of starvation, prompting scrutiny of the Social Welfare Department's handling of his case. Despite a history of drug abuse by the mother, a social worker's visit three months prior to the death noted no visible injuries. The case was transferred to another organization, which discovered the boy's significant absence from nursery. The mother was sentenced to 22 years in prison for manslaughter and child cruelty. AI

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Hong Kong boy's starvation death exposes social service failures

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

    Social services face hard questions over missed red flags in boy’s starvation death

    The fate of a five-year-old boy starved to death by his mother, who had a history of drug abuse, could have been different had social workers noticed he was “just skin and bones”, a Hong Kong judge lamented in her ruling. Just three months before the boy died in September 2022, a…

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