Shocking moment British ex-pat police chief orders tear gas to be blasted at ...

This is the shocking moment a British ex-pat policeman in the Hong Kong riots orders a junior officer to shoot tear gas at a protester.

Superintendent Justin Shave gives the order as a protesting politician approaches police lines.

The politician – Wu Chi Wai – claimed he had been targeted by Shave and his men and would be making an official complaint over what he called their 'brutal' behaviour.

Footage shows the shocking moment a British ex-pat police officer, Justin Shave, order a junior officer to shoot tear gas at a protester during the Hong Kong riots

Footage shows the shocking moment a British ex-pat police officer, Justin Shave, order a junior officer to shoot tear gas at a protester during the Hong Kong riots

A politician - Wu Chi Wai - was coming towards the police line when the tear gas was fired

A politician - Wu Chi Wai - was coming towards the police line when the tear gas was fired 

Mr Wu said: 'There was a gap of about 100 metres between the crowd and the police. I went into the zone because I wanted to talk to the commander and urge them to let the crowd disperse.

'But when I had walked about 10 metres, the first tear gas bomb landed next to me. I was angry and went forward asking to speak to the commander. I was no threat to them. I was on my own. But they fired tear gas a second time.

'I will be making an official complaint because it seems to me the senior commanders made an order to use excessive force. To me this action against people was pre-planned because there was brutal power.'

It comes as two more British ex-pat police officers have been accused of leading a tough crackdown during the Hong Kong protests.

Chief Superintendents David Jordan and Rupert Dover were two of the most senior officers in charge of crowd control during the ugly riots.

Footage has emerged of riot police beating protesters during pitched battles with police in the former British colony.

Chief superintendent Rupert Dover (left), who worked with British police for three decades, is understood to have led the front line police unit around the Legislative Council during the clashes

Chief superintendent Rupert Dover (left), who worked with British police for three decades, is understood to have led the front line police unit around the Legislative Council during the clashes

Protesters pictured outside the police headquarters in Hong Kong during a demonstration. Three British ex-pat officers have been seen helping authorities to suppress the riots

Protesters pictured outside the police headquarters in Hong Kong during a demonstration. Three British ex-pat officers have been seen helping

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