An Indonesian journalist covering the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong has been injured by a rubber bullet fired by police during the unrest.

Hong Kong media say the journalist's lawyer told reporters on Wednesday she might be permanently blind in her right eye.

When she was hit, she was on a footbridge wearing a yellow vest labeled "press". She was covering the unrest for Hong Kong's newspaper printed in Indonesian.

More journalists are reportedly being injured as the anti-government protests in Hong Kong turn.

NHK