Hong Kong protesters claim they were assaulted by police at annual July 1 march
Chairman of the League of Social Democrats Avery Ng among those who claim they were dragged into police vehicles and attacked by officers without being formally arrested
Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have accused police of breaching their human rights, claiming they were taken away in handcuffs without being accused of any crimes, and assaulted, ahead of an annual protest on Saturday morning.
Chairman of the League of Social Democrats Avery Ng also claimed he was physically assaulted and sworn at repeatedly by a police inspector after being dragged into a police vehicle.
A photograph, seen by the Post, taken by online news outlet HK01, seemed to show Ng being held forcibly against the window inside the vehicle.
Another protester, Figo Chan Ho-wun, who claimed to have been elbowed by the same inspector, was barred from using his phone, as police attempted to snatch it from him.
The accusations came after the pair and some 20 fellow protesters, including student activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung, said they had not been formally arrested or charged with any crimes.
“I cannot comprehend this incident at all,” said Wong, who was removed from the protest in a struggle.
