Over the past few months, Hong Kong has been facing a wave of rallies against now-withdrawn amendments to the city's extradition law. Protests often turn violent after demonstrators begin engaging in clashes with the police. Law enforcers maintain that they use force proportionately and only in response to violent acts or unlawful behavior by the protesters.

The protesters, seemingly in their early 20s, were arrested at the building known as York Place in Hong Kong.

When the correspondent asked a female officer at the scene of the detention why the people were being detained, she declined to give any reasons and referred any related questions to her supervisors.

Serious violence appeared to have taken place just a block away from the location where the protesters were being apprehended. Debris on the scene indicated radical protesters used bricks, glass bottles and plastic ink boxes against the police. They also used public trash cans as roadblocks.

First responders on the scene complained that the police wouldn't allow them to attend to those who were being arrested, but police officers said they had called an ambulance and the assistance was not needed.

Beijing views the situation in Hong Kong as a result of foreign interference in China's domestic affairs and expresses full support for the actions of the local authorities.