After allegations surfaced that several protesters had lost their lives due to police violence at a Hong Kong train station on Aug. 31, the city’s MTR (Mass Transit Railway) Corporation released video screenshots from surveillance cameras to quell public concerns. However, some believe that the most crucial footage of the violent incident was deliberately omitted, and the allegations are persisting.
Riot police stormed MTR trains at Prince Edward station and made many arrests on the evening of Aug. 31. Witnesses say the police assaulted passengers indiscriminately, chasing and beating them with batons on the platform and using pepper spray in train carriages. Several people were hit on the head and bleeding heavily.
