Hong Kong protester says he was ‘dragged’ and beaten to Chinese consulate in Manchester

He said he had bruises on his back, arms, neck and face, and was bleeding into his face from wounds he allegedly suffered from the assault.

He said the man tore some of his hair out of his scalp.

“When I’m in their garden, they can do whatever they want to me there, so I was thinking of ways to protect myself and get out of the garden,” he said.

The UK Public Prosecutor’s Office has said that while British diplomatic facilities are part of British territory, they are inviolable and cannot be entered without the consent of the ambassador or embassy chief.

However, crimes committed in British diplomatic establishments are subject to the normal principles of British law, in accordance with the doctrine of diplomatic immunity to those who have it, as happened in the case of the terrorists who took over the Iranian embassy in London. Can Be Tried in. 1980.

Footage of the incident shows a Manchester Police officer entering the premises, and another image shows him helping Bob escape. He said he was satisfied with his police work.

A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said it was investigating the incident.

“Police officers were present and responded immediately to defuse the situation,” a spokesman said.

“An investigation is currently underway to understand the full situation. A police patrol plan has been implemented in the area following this incident.”

Mr. Simon Chen, who lives in Hong Kong and worked at the British Consulate, Disappeared by Chinese authorities who prompted his successful asylum application in the UKsaid the government must act.

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“Most Hong Kongers are British citizens and support the freedoms Britain promises, but they couldn’t in Hong Kong,” he said.

“We have asked the UK Home Secretary and the Greater Manchester Police to launch a criminal investigation into the attackers, and have asked the UK Foreign Secretary to summon Consul General Zheng Xiyuan and Chinese Ambassador Zheng Zeguang to apologize and demand legal action be taken against them. and to bear the diplomatic consequences,” he said.

We have reached out to the Chinese consulate and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for comment.

Chen’s call received strong support.

Newly elected Speaker of the UK Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee, Alicia Kearns, said there was an urgent need for the Home and Foreign Affairs Ministers to investigate.

“The Chinese Communist Party will not take their violence against protesters and their denial of free speech into the UK streets,” she said.

“[The] The Chinese ambassador should be summoned, and if officials beat protesters, they should be expelled or prosecuted.

Opposition foreign spokesman David Lamy said the reported conduct was unacceptable.

“Reports of pro-democracy protesters being assaulted on the premises of the Chinese consulate in Manchester are deeply disturbing and, if accurate, completely unacceptable,” he said.

“The foreign minister should urgently summon the Chinese ambassador and demand an explanation of the incident.”

The issue is likely to be taken up in the House of Commons on Monday.