More stories of children ha been treated inhumanly were tol the First Special District Court by the Municipal Police on Sept. 1.
"Ju one case a tailor residing off Sinza' Road was charged before Judge Ng with assaulting, and violating the freedom of his 1d-year el apprentice. The accused, according to police evidence, had on several occasions punishd) his apprentice by beating him with a bamboo ruler and, when the apprentice made attempts to run away, shackled him with a padlock on Aug. 30. During the night, the spptentice managed to escape from shop.
In another case, a Pootung nian residing off Linching Road. was leharged before Judge Fu with age sault causing bodily harm to. kis nine-year old adopted daughter, Brought. before the Court, the accused was sent to gaol for eight months,
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