The charges were related to a 2020 incident in which the officers raided the tents of two homeless Vietnamese men.
HONG KONG - A judge in Hong Kong jailed six policemen on Oct 17 for harassing homeless people, following a rare criminal conviction of law enforcement in the Chinese financial hub.
The charges are related to a 2020 incident in which the officers raided the tents of two homeless Vietnamese men, Mr Nguyen Van Son and Mr Le Van Muoi, arresting them on suspicion of possessing a knife as well as illegal drugs. Footage of the incident showed the empty hands of one of the homeless men during his arrest, contradicting the written account by police that he had been holding illegal drugs.
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