More Occupy Central protesters claim to have been beaten by police

More Occupy Central protesters last night claimed they had experienced violence at the hands of police when they were arrested in Admiralty last month.

About a dozen protesters said they had been "bashed" by officers trying to clear Lung Wo Road on October 15. The arrests happened on the same night that television cameras recorded a group of officers apparently kicking and punching Civic Party activist Ken Tsang Kin-chiu after his arrest.

One of the arrested protesters, Issac Tong Pun-yuen, said they had been punched, kicked, pulled by the hair and hit on the head by a group of between three and five officers.

"We are trying very hard to locate video clips from social media, yet all we could find were bits and pieces," he said. "The police deliberately dragged us to a place where the press was unable to see before they beat us up."

The group includes teachers, social workers and performers as well as students.

Tong said Tsang's case - over which seven officers have been suspended pending investigations - was the tip of the iceberg.

The protesters said they planned to seek legal advice.