The Minister of Social Solidarity refers the incident of a mother exposing her child to neglect and danger to the Public Prosecution
The Minister of Social Solidarity, Dr. Maya Morsi, directed the judicial police officer at the Ministry’s Central Rapid Intervention Unit to examine a report stating that there is a child residing in front of the garage of a famous mall in the Fifth Settlement and refusing to return to his mother.
And immediately; We went to the child’s location to verify the authenticity of the report, where an individual session was held with the child and he was informed of the dangers of his presence on the street, and to collect evidence about the reason for his presence on the street and his unwillingness to return to his mother. He reported that she forced him to beg from passers-by and beat him, so he ran away from her and did not want to return to her again.
The child also reported that he had previously been placed in one of the Social care institutions in the first month of this year, and his mother received him in the third month of this year after pledging to take good care of him at the Fifth Settlement Police Department.
The Minister continued Social Solidarity, the procedures carried out by the judicial police officer at the Ministry’s Central Rapid Intervention Unit, where a report was drawn up on the incident at the Fifth Settlement Police Department, and coordination was made with the Child Help Line at the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood to prepare a joint report that includes all the evidence he monitored with the child to protect him from being exposed to danger in implementation. To the Children’s Law promulgated by Law No. 12 of 1996 and its executive regulations and their amendments.
The request was made The Public Prosecution in the Fifth Settlement may issue a decision to place the child in a social care institution as a trusted breadwinner, in order to achieve the best interest of the child and carry out its affairs, and to take all legal measures against the mother against whom the complaint is made.
The child was placed in custody. In a social care institution to receive all aspects of social, health and educational care.
The Minister of Social Solidarity praised the quick response of the Attorney General, Counselor Mohamed. Shawqi, directing him to investigate a mother’s exposure of her child to neglect and danger, noting that this reflects the Public Prosecutor’s concern for the best interest of the child and his interest and reaction against the violations that are monitored. She appreciated the cooperation of the members of the Public Prosecution in charge of the investigation, with the judicial police officers of the Ministry of Social Solidarity who are present in Saraya. The prosecution is conducting investigations while awaiting the prosecution’s decision.
The Ministry receives complaints through the Sons of Egypt hotline. 19828, which was recently launched to receive complaints from the people of Egypt through it. The Ministry also receives complaints and reports from citizens around the clock via the Ministry’s hotline (16439) and the hotline for the unified government complaints system headed by the Council of Ministers (16528).
