Hong Kong Police Charged Over Protester Beating

Ken Tsang

Seven Hong Kong police officers have been charged with allegedly attacking a demonstrator during pro-democracy protests in the territory last year.

Activist Ken Tsang was filmed being led away in handcuffs and beaten by police for several minutes on 15 October 2014.
On Thursday, Mr Tsang was told he would also be charged for assault and resisting arrest - charges he
described as "groundless".
The case attracted widespread criticism of the normally respected police force.
Last year's incident took place during mass pro-democracy demonstrations and sit-ins that drew tens of thousands at their peak and paralysed Hong Kong's streets for more than two months.
The grainy footage of a group of plainclothes officers assaulting an unarmed protester was one of the most shocking images to emerge from the demonstrations, the BBC's Juliana Liu in Hong Kong reports.
The beating led to accusations of police brutality and tarnished the image of law enforcement in Hong Kong, our correspondent adds. "The beating led to accusations of police brutality and tarnished the image of law enforcement in Hong Kong"