CUSTOMS officers yesterday demanded urgent police investigations into the alleged beating of two off-duty colleagues by more than 10 policemen in a Hunghom restaurant.
The two victims, both 28, said they were handcuffed and then punched, kicked and beaten and prodded with torches and batons.
A third customs officer and four friends were made to crouch before all seven were taken to Hunghom police station.
More beatings took place on the way to the station, say the victims.
They were not allowed to phone the Customs and Excise Department or be given medical examination until after four hours of detention and interrogation.
Three officers and a friend were later told they had interfered with police work. They have been released on bail of $5,000 each.