A panel of international experts appointed by the city administration in Hong Kong has found that the Hong Kong police watchdog does not have adequate resources to investigate the role of the police force in dealing with pro-democracy protests there for months. Massive demonstrations and rallies have been going on in the financial city of international importance for the last five months. Still, Beijing has refused to accept most of the demands of this movement.
The demands of the agitators include conducting a completely free election as well as an independent investigation into the role of the police. During the pro-democracy movement, the police had frequent clashes with the agitators. City leader Carrie Lam repeatedly rejected the demand for an independent inquiry and said that the current monitoring body - the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is capable of this task.
The protesters say that the IPCC does not have sufficient investigative powers, and pro-people are full of it and become ineffective when it comes to holding the police accountable.
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