Police cell for Hong Kong

hong-kong - Seven police officers were Friday in Hong Kong to two years each in prison convicted of assault. They had been handcuffed protester beaten and kicked during demonstrations for more democracy in 2014.

The court held that although the officers were under great pressure during the nearly three-month protests, but that the abuse was not good to talk. By their action, the agents 'great damage to the reputation of Hong Kong in the international community. '

Crackdown Police is relatively rare in Hong Kong. The former British crown colony returned under the authority of China in 1997, but with a greater degree of autonomy and freedom than the rest of the People's Republic.