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Hong Kong police officers involved in an apparent assault on a protester have been “removed” from their positions, the city’s security chief said Wednesday, after video emerged of a handcuffed man being beaten and kicked.

The footage first aired by television network TVB after overnight clashes between police and pro-democracy demonstrators sparked outrage and calls for prosecution from activists and lawmakers.

It shows six plainclothes officers hauling a handcuffed and unarmed demonstrator to a dark corner in a protest-hit public park, and being placed on the ground.

One officer stands over the man and punches him, as three others are seen repeatedly kicking him.

“Police are concerned over the issue and will carry out a just and fair investigation,” Hong Kong’s Secretary for Security Lai Tung-kwok told reporters.

“The policemen who are involved in the incident have been removed from their current working positions,” he said without specifying how many officers were being probed.

Civic Party, one of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy political groups, identified the man in the video as one of its members, Ken Tsang.