Hong Kong Watchdog Defends Police Duty to Use Force Against Protesters

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Hong Kong police had a duty to use force in the face of increasing violence, watchdog says

HONG KONG—A watchdog report into the policing of protests during the months of unrest that gripped the city last year has found officers had a duty to use force in response to increasing violence.

The Independent Police Complaints Council—criticized by opposition groups as toothless—reviewed several incidents that attracted hundreds of complaints accusing police officers of widespread abuse, including excessively firing tear gas and nonlethal bullets, beating protesters and colluding with gangsters.

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