Domestic violence cases rise in Hong Kong
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-08-09 14:56
Employees hold posters against family
violence at a community education and resource centre in Hong Kong in this
August 3, 2006 picture. Cases of abuse within families have tripled between 1998
and 2005. Police figures for the first half of this year show a 31 percent jump
compared with last year. Of the 719 cases reported, more than 500 involved
serious assaults on women and children. [Reuters]
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