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The Crime Support Group held the multi-disciplinary seminar on Child Sexual Abuse in the Cyber World on March 21, attracting over 500 police officers, parents, principals, teachers, social workers and child service workers online and offline. The seminar provided a platform for professionals from various fields to exchange ideas, aiming to raise their awareness and ability in responding to the threat of online child sexual abuse, as well as promoting collaboration among different professions.
Commissioner Siu Chak-yee expressed in his speech that there had been more cases of children being sexually blackmailed, defrauded, and even sexually assaulted in recent years. To effectively help children prevent and combat online sexual threats, all sectors of society needed to work together and solve problems with a multi-disciplinary approach.
The seminar brought together ten experts from various fields, including parenting expert Dr Agnes Meiling Kaneko Chan, pediatricians Prof Ip Pak-keung and Dr Tsang Man-ching, school principal Mr Wong Ting-hong, and social worker of the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups Mr Chu Heung-hung. Representatives from the Education Bureau, Social Welfare Department, Department of Justice, Psychological Services Group, and Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau also participated in the seminar and conducted in-depth discussions on how to more effectively protect children from the threat of online sexual crimes from different perspectives. A participating principal said that the insights he gained from the seminar could be applied to daily management of schools. A participating social worker commended the seminar for deepening participants’ understanding of online safety issues for children.
The seminar marked the successful conclusion of the Force’s “Let’s T.A.L.K. Child Protection Campaign” for the third year. For a review of the seminar and more information about the campaign, please visit the one-stop child protection online platform www.childprotection.gov.hk.
