Young Hong Kong democracy protester says he was beaten by prison guards


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Jessie Pang August 28, 2020, 4:01 AM · 5 mins read By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - A 21-year-old man told Reuters he was beaten and humiliated by guards in a Hong Kong prison during his sentence for possessing a Molotov cocktail at an anti-government protest in October. Roy Cheung said guards routinely slapped him, hit him with rulers and elbowed his spine at the Pik Uk Correctional Institution in Hong Kong’s New Territories. In one instance, on Feb. 7, he said he was targeted for beating because he was one of six prisoners who sang the pro-democracy protest...