Hong Kong police apologise for ‘communication problems’ after broadcaster accuses officers of assaulting its driver in station
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Hong Kong police on Monday apologised for “communication problems” after a local news outlet accused them of assaulting one of its drivers who it said had also been shot by a beanbag round during a protest in Kowloon.
Now News condemned the force for what it called the “violent treatment” of its contractor while he was detained for two hours inside Mong Kong Police Station in the early hours of Monday.
The broadcaster said he was only released and sent to hospital with a broken jaw after the force “confirmed he had a reasonable excuse to be on-site”.
Acting Chief Superintendent Kelvin Kong Wing-cheung of the police public relations branch said: “I express my apologies for the communication problems in the incident.
“The force will proactively investigate the allegations of excessive force, and hope to get more information from the incident when he gets better.”
