A Hong Kong court on Wednesday ordered rail operator MTR Corp to hand over CCTV footage from a
police operation at two subway stations during anti-government
protests last year that a student leader plans to use to sue officers.
On Aug. 31, scenes filmed by TV reporters of police beating
protesters cowering on the floor of a metro train went viral, sparking outrage and demands for MTR to release full footage.
The Hong Kong police force maintains it was targeting violent radicals during the incident in and around the Prince Edward metro station.