Pro-democracy demonstrator beaten

Hong Kong authorities have vowed to conduct an impartial investigation into a video which appears to show several plainclothes police officers beating up a detained pro- democracy demonstrator. The widely circulated video shows officers carrying the man to a dark corner, where he's laid on the ground and repeatedly kicked and punched while others stand around, apparently keeping watch. Hong Kong's Secretary of Security told reporters on Wednesday the "officers involved will be temporarily removed from their current duties." The victim has been identified as Ken Tsang, a member of the Civic Party, who's also a social worker and a member of the 1,200 member election committee that choses Hong Kong's leader. His lawyer stated, “It was unprovoked and unnecessary for anyone to use that kind of violence on an arrested person." He said some people had accused Tsang of pouring water on police, but "whatever he was doing he was already arrested, his hands were cuffed and the proper procedure was to take him into custody and deal with him in accordance with the law.” Amnesty International called for the prosecution of any officers found to have acted unlawfully.

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