At police headquarters in the nearby entertainment district of Wan Chai, hundreds of people gathered outside to express outrage at the beating, with dozens queuing to lodge formal complaints.
Authorities said police involved in the beating of Ken Tsang Kin-chiu, a member of the pro-democracy Civic Party, would be suspended.Footage of the beating has gone viral and injected fresh momentum into a protest movement that had been flagging after nearly three weeks of demonstrations over Chinese restrictions on how Hong Kong will choose its next leader.
In the latest confrontation, Hong Kong’s public broadcaster said protesters rushed onto Lung Wo road next to the office of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, dragging plastic barriers and other objects with them. A photographer saw protesters scuffling with a group of police on the side of the road.
Police repelled them using pepper spray.By mid-morning on Thursday, a few hundred protesters remained camped out around the main protest site.
Authorities said police involved in the beating of Ken Tsang Kin-chiu, a member of the pro-democracy Civic Party, would be suspended.Footage of the beating has gone viral and injected fresh momentum into a protest movement that had been flagging after nearly three weeks of demonstrations over Chinese restrictions on how Hong Kong will choose its next leader.
In the latest confrontation, Hong Kong’s public broadcaster said protesters rushed onto Lung Wo road next to the office of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, dragging plastic barriers and other objects with them. A photographer saw protesters scuffling with a group of police on the side of the road.
Police repelled them using pepper spray.By mid-morning on Thursday, a few hundred protesters remained camped out around the main protest site.