Thirty year Cecilia Commey is in the police custody for allegedly burning her daughter�s face with hot iron.
The mother of two who lives at Savoy, a suburb of Cape Coast in the Central Region did the atrocious act to her nine year old daughter because refused to absent herself from school to beg for alms.
Narrating her ordeal to Adom New Monday, the nine year old class two pupil said her mother will beat her mercilessly if she use part of the money she solicit for food.
She added that her mother also threatened to poison her if she does not quit school and join her beg for alms.
Meanwhile, the Central Regional Coordinator for the Domestic Violent Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana, DSP George Appiah Sakyi said Cecilia Commey is a criminal offense.
He explained that it is a criminal offence to maltreat and deny a child her right to education and force her into child labour.
DSP Appiah said Cecilia Commey will be arranged before court on Tuesday 8th day of July, 2014 for the law to take it cause.
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