Civic Party member Ken Tsang, one of Hong Kong's pro-democracy political groups, is taken away by policemen, before being allegedly beaten up by police forces as seen on local TV footage shot outside the central government offices in Hong Kong on early October 15, 2014. - AFP Photo
HONG KONG: Hong Kong police officers involved in an apparent assault on a protester have been "removed" from their positions, the city's security chief said Wednesday, after video emerged of a handcuffed man being beaten and kicked.
It shows six plainclothes officers hauling a handcuffed and unarmed demonstrator to a dark corner in a protest-hit public park, and being placed on the ground.
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