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Children's Ombudsman's social media post prompts complaint to parliamentary watchdog

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Finland 's Ombudsman for Children Elina Pekkarinen described intervening after she saw a mother striking a crying baby at a tram stop in Helsinki .

She said she wanted to highlight the incident as a means of shining a spotlight on the problem of domestic violence against children in Finland .

One eyewitness told Helsingin Sanomat that the mother did not at any point hit the child.

The Parliamentary Ombudsman's role is to investigate complaints about public authorities or officials.

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81

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79

Neutral language

82

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formal

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English

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66

Offensive language

possibly offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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not detected

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short-lived

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