Hong Kong student protest leader Joshua Wong accused police of using violence against him during his arrest as authorities clashed with demonstrators at a flashpoint rally site.
The 18-year-old Wong and another student leader, lester Shum, were taken into custody on Wednesday as authorities moved in to clear the pro-democracy camp in the district of Mongkok, scene of some of the most violent clashes in nearly two months of rallies.
“They (police) had pressed me to the ground to limit my movement and injured me in the process,” he told reporters outside the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Court. “This caused injury marks to my neck and face and they consecutively, six to seven times, tried to hurt my body including my private parts,” he said.