Ho Chi Minh City Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs on Tuesday handed over four children who fled an orphanage in neighboring Dong Nai Province to HCMC on Nov 7 to the provincial department and youth union.
Nguyen Van Be Hai, 13, Diep Tuan Khoa, 6, Le Gia Huy, 5, and Diep Hieu Trung, 4, were sheltering at the HCMC Social Sponsoring Center after police found them wandering on HCMC streets on Nov 8 with multiple bruises on their bodies.
Khoa and Trung, two brothers, will be brought back to their home to live with their grandmother, while the two others will be sent back to the orphanage.
The children had run away from the Dong Nai Open Home, a charity center for orphans and abandoned children.
They told HCMC police they had been repeatedly beaten by Le Thi Thanh Lan, deputy chief of the Home, and her husband Le An Thanh.
Dong Nai police opened an investigation into the alleged torture but no conclusions have been announced yet.
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