Hong Kong authorities confirmed an unmarried couple, Tsang Wai-bong and Kwan Pui-sin, are the biological parents of an undocumented infant, Danny, following DNA tests. The couple was arrested on suspicion of child neglect.
Hong Kong authorities confirmed an unmarried couple, Tsang Wai-bong and Kwan Pui-sin, are the biological parents of undocumented infant Danny following DNA tests. The couple was arrested on suspicion of child neglect.
A Hong Kong couple was arrested on suspicion of child neglect after refusing a DNA test for their newborn, raising concerns about child welfare and legal loopholes. Their eldest daughter died in infancy, and another child is in Swedish care.
A Hong Kong doctor and a children's rights group have warned that unassisted home births and vaccine refusal pose life-threatening risks to mothers and newborns. Their concerns follow the arrest of a couple suspected of child neglect after they refused to register their third child's birth and submit to a DNA test.
Hong Kong social welfare authorities will care for an undocumented baby, Danny, for at least a year after his parents were arrested for suspected child neglect. The parents refused a DNA test for birth registration. The department plans to place the two-month-old in foster care until the parents are deemed fit to regain custody.
