Manus Island police use long metal poles to beat refugees and asylum seekers

Video shows officers hitting refugees with metal poles as they drag men out of decommissioned camp

Papua New Guinean police have used batons to beat refugees and asylum seekers in the Manus Island detention centre, as they continue their operation to clear the decommissioned camp.

Video shot within the centre on Friday morning showed officers from PNG's mobile squad threatening and hitting refugees with long metal poles as they dragged men out of the centre.