By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent
Six Hong Kong police officers have been suspended after a video appearing to show a protester being taken to a dark corner and beaten was aired on a local news channel.
The apparent attack came as police arrested 45 people during a night of clashes between authorities and pro-democracy protesters.
Trouble broke out on Hong Kong Island at 3am after dozens of protesters had occupied an underpass near the government headquarters.
Police in riot gear used pepper spray to move the crowds.
The man the man in the video, which was first shown on TVB but quickly spread on social media, was identified as Ken Tsang Kin-Chiu, a member of the Civic Party in Hong Kong.
The footage appears to show officers repeatedly kicking and punching Mr Tsang as he curls up in a ball.
The Civic Party released a photograph of Mr Tsang with a bruised face and circular marks on his back.
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Speaking at the Legislative Council, the Civic Party leader Alan Leong said: "From what we have seen, Tsang was already handcuffed with plastic handcuffs ... and taken to a dark corner and beaten up.
"This use of power and police force is a blatant abuse of power, and from the look of it, the [officer] should at least be investigated on assault to [induce] actual bodily harm."
Mabel Au, director of Amnesty International Hong Kong, said: "This appears to be a vicious attack against a detained man who posed no threat to the police.
"It is stomach-churning to think there are Hong Kong police officers that feel they are above the law."
The protesters, believed to be a mixture of students and members of the Occupy Central movement, moved into the underpass on Lung Wo Road just hours after authorities had removed their barricades at protest sites around the city.
A police spokesperson said the arrests were made for "illegal assembly" and that force was only used after repeated warnings that the road must be cleared.
Ed Chin, an Occupy Central organiser, told Sky News: "The international community and the human rights groups internationally have to condemn the Hong Kong government.
"I'm even more concerned. Is this the Beijing government? Is it the Communist Party? And do they have a plan B? We have to look into the source of this craziness."
The clashes overnight follow two weeks of defiant protests on Hong Kong's streets. Authorities had chosen not to move on the protesters who numbered tens of thousands at times.
But the city's Chief Executive, CY Leung, has refused the protesters' demands to resign.
At the weekend, he said there was "zero" chance that the authorities in Beijing would change their minds over voting rights in the territory.
The protesters have been demanding the right to choose their leader in the 2017 elections. The Chinese government has said they can only choose from candidates selected by Beijing.
Meanwhile, in mainland China, a front-page editorial in the Communist Party's People's Daily newspaper condemned the protests and said: "They are doomed to fail".
"Stability is bliss, and turmoil brings havoc," it said.
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