Hong Kong police officers have already been receiving heavy criticism for their use of excessive force to disperse protesters during the mass protests on June 12. On that day, hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers, mostly students, gathered outside their government offices to demand the scrapping of a controversial extradition bill that was viewed by many as an encroachment on the city’s freedoms enshrined under the “one country, two systems” agreement with communist China.
Now, fresh attention is being given to police actions since June 12, particularly relating to officers seeking to obtain the medical information of injured protesters.
