HONG KONG (REUTERS) - A 21-year-old man told Reuters he was beaten and humiliated by guards in a Hong Kong prison during his sentence for possessing a Molotov cocktail at an anti-government protest in October.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HONG KONG - A 21-year-old man told Reuters he was beaten and humiliated by guards in a Hong Kong prison during his sentence for possessing a Molotov cocktail at an anti-government protest in October.
Cheung, who served his eight-month sentence from Nov 2 to June 30, told Reuters he filed an official complaint about the beatings to the Complaints Investigation Unit of Hong Kong's Correctional Services Department, which runs the city's prisons, in May. The person said the department's Complaints Investigation Unit would conduct a fair, just and detailed investigation of every complaint.
The Correctional Services Department told Reuters it was investigating the allegations made by the men. Joshua Wong, former secretary-general of pro-democracy group Demosisto who was imprisoned in 2017 for his role in Hong Kong's 2014 'Umbrella' protests, told Reuters he was subjected to demeaning treatment in prison, such as being made to squat naked while being questioned by guards in an area of the prison with no CCTV.
Lam Tsz-wai, senior information officer in the office of Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam, referred Reuters back to the prisons department for comment on the complaints made by Cheung and the other men.
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