The case of an 8-year-old girl being abused by a "step-aunt": Those who are indifferent must also be dealt with severely

Those who knew and did not intervene to allow the heartbreaking situation to occur were also required to be dealt with.

In the past few days, the case of an 8-year-old girl VA being violently abused and tragically died shocked the whole society. Recently, UNICEF Representative in Vietnam Rana Flowers also spoke out about this story, emphasizing the need for a stronger protection system and a zero tolerance for violence to better protect children. than.

"No tolerance means that neighbors who witness violence or hear cries will immediately notify the authorities and ask the police to take action to protect the victim; which means the police will suffer accountability and prompt action, health workers and teachers who recognize signs of violence will report them immediately, which means that community-based solutions need to be taken so that children or women can continue to live safely at home while the perpetrators have to be moved.

And this requires all of us to do more, stand up for the vulnerable, raise awareness among women and children that any form of violence is unacceptable. and they need to seek help to stop the violence," said a UNICEF representative.

Thai Thi Tuyet Dung, a lecturer at the University of Economics and Law (National University of Ho Chi Minh City), said that the violation of the "stepmother" and the child's biological father is clear, and will certainly be subject to the appropriate legal punishment. laws, but there must be a way to prevent similar heartbreaking stories in the future. Even the people around can not be uninvolved in this incident and need to take action.

"In fact, there are many provisions of the law that penalize those who know and ignore violence against children and vulnerable people. So it's time to take strict action against all those involved. This incident includes the management of the apartment, the neighbors... to ring the bell about violence," said the female doctor.

According to Ms. Dung, Article 60 of Decree 167/2013/ND-CP of the Government clearly stipulates acts of intentionally failing to prevent and report domestic violence acts and obstructing the prevention and reporting of domestic violence. dealing with domestic violence.

In particular, a warning or a fine of between VND 100,000 and 300,000 shall be imposed on persons who know acts of domestic violence and have conditions to prevent but fail to prevent leading to serious consequences; Knowing domestic violence acts without informing competent agencies, organizations or persons or preventing others from detecting and reporting domestic violence acts.

Besides, a fine of from 300,000 VND to 500,000 VND will be imposed for obstructing the handling of domestic violence acts, "said Dr. Tuyet Dung, in addition, in Article 31 of Decree 56/2017/ND-CP The detailed provisions of a number of articles of the Law on Children also specify the content of intervention in case children need urgent protection.

In particular, children need urgent protection when they are threatened or seriously harmed their lives, health, dignity or their parents or caregivers are the ones who cause the harm. The emergency protection of the child must be done as quickly as possible and not more than 12 hours from the time the information is received. This law also indicates the responsibilities of child protection workers at commune/ward level, police agencies and medical examination and treatment establishments.

After the incident, Dr. Dung said that it is important to educate children on basic rights so that everyone, and especially children, understand and equip them with skills to recognize violence. "Educate children to understand that no one is allowed to touch their body and to reflect on their rights with those around them.

Everyone has to change, at least when they feel signs of child abuse, they should immediately notify the switchboard number 111 (the national telephone exchange for child protection) rather than letting unfortunate things like the child's incident happen. The eight-year-old girl just went on social media to cry and then what happened," Dung shared.

To reduce the pain caused by violence against children and vulnerable people, each person must change himself so that society does not become insensitive.

On the morning of January 2, 2022, a source from the Office of the Investigation Police Agency of the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department confirmed that they had received the dossier to continue investigating the case. Currently, the Ho Chi Minh City Police is coordinating with the People's Procuracy of Ho Chi Minh City to investigate and expand the case, consolidate the file to strictly handle the subjects in accordance with the law.

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