The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) classified 57 domestic violence cases during the first half of the year, a 32.9 percent drop year on year, Daniel Tang Yuk Wa, who heads the bureau’s Family and Community Services Department, said yesterday.
The Law on Preventing and Combating Domestic Violence came into force on October 5 last year.
Tang briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting of the Women and Children’s Affairs Council at the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ). According to Tang, 85 cases were classified as domestic violence cases in the first half of last year.
Daniel Tang Yuk Wa, who heads the Family and Community Services Department of the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS), briefs the media after yesterday’s closed-door meeting of the Women and Children’s Affairs Council at the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) in Nam Van. Photo: Debby Seng
