Three Hong Kong police officers who were jailed for beating a protester during mass pro-democracy Umbrella Movement rallies in 2014 were released on bail Wednesday in an emotionally charged case.
The trio were among seven cops convicted and jailed for two years in February for assault causing actual bodily harm to activist Ken Tsang, an attack filmed by a local TV network in footage that shocked local residents and was beamed around the world.
It showed a group of men hauling a handcuffed Tsang into a dark corner in a public park near the government headquarters, where he was beaten by one man who stood over him inflicting blows while others repeatedly kicked him.
They were bailed a day before the highly anticipated visit by Chinese president Xi Jinping to mark the 20th anniversary of the city’s handover from Britain to China.
In the February sentencing, judge David Dufton described the attack as “a vicious assault”.
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