{
  "id": 1153017,
  "title": "NCPA reports rise in child neglect, abuse complaints",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/ncpa-reports-rise-in-child-neglect-abuse-complaints",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T00:04:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/ncpa-reports-rise-in-child-neglect-abuse-complaints/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) Friday reported an increase in complaints relating to child neglect and abandonment, as well as physical and psychological abuse of children. NCPA Director of Law Enforcement, Attorney-at-Law Sajeewani Abeykoon, said the authority receives between 600 and 1,000 complaints each month. She said the complaints include cases involving parents or […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}