Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the city's police force, which has been accused of beating activists and using excessive force during protests, is under extreme pressure and acknowledged it will be a "long road" towards healing rifts.
Police Acting Senior Superintendent Vasco Williams told reporters on Monday that footage of the alleged incident appeared to show an"officer kicking a yellow object", not a man, in an alley.He conceded that the incident needed to be investigated, although he ruled out police"malpractice" and said the video could have been"doctored".
"Ordering an independent and effective investigation into police actions would be a vital first step," Joshua Rosenzweig, head of Amnesty's East Asia regional office, said in a report. What started as protests over a now-shelved extradition bill that would have allowed criminal suspects to be sent to mainland China for trial have evolved into broader calls for greater democracy and an independent inquiry into police actions.
Over more than three months, many peaceful protests have degenerated into running battles between black-clad protesters and police, who have responded with tear gas, water cannon, rubber bullets, bean bag rounds and several live rounds fired into the air. Activists are also frustrated by what they see as Beijing's tightening grip over the former British colony that was returned to China under a"one country, two systems" arrangement in 1997.
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