Brother of Occupy Central volunteer beaten up in police car following arrest, court hears

The younger brother of Occupy volunteer Melody Chan Yuk-fung was punched in the head and private parts by police moments after they arrested him for assaulting a sergeant at last year's Occupy protest in Admiralty, Eastern Court heard.

Testifying for himself yesterday, Chan Pak-shan, 24, claimed the beatings took place on two separate occasions; one at a metal fence near where he was arrested and the other inside a police car with lowered curtains.

"I was hit in the head, stomach, legs and private parts," he told Deputy Magistrate Winston Leung Wing-chung, of the alleged seven or eight minute attack he endured in the vehicle. He said "hard objects", such as water bottles, were used.

Chan, who claimed the overall attack lasted for about 15 to 20 minutes, has denied one count of assaulting sergeant Wong Lok and another of failing to produce proof of identity for inspection.

Yesterday, he also told the court that a police officer allegedly declared they were from Wo Shing Wo, a notorious triad group in Hong Kong, while in the police car.

The court was told on Monday the alleged attack happened on September 29, the second day after tear gas was fired near the Central Government Office.

On the night, Chan was having a "loud" discussion with his friends as they strolled along Lung Wo Road about why police were leaving the engines running on their idle cars.