Chinese Diplomats at the Consulate General in Manchester will be prosecuted or face “diplomatic consequences” if police find they have committed crimes when beating a protester, a British minister said on Thursday.
During an urgent question session in Parliament on Thursday, some lawmakers urged the government to immediately declare Consul General Zheng Xiyuan persona non grata instead of waiting for the Greater Manchester Police’s (GMP) investigation to conclude.
It comes after Zheng admitted to pulling the hair of pro-democracy Hong Kong protester Bob Chan on Oct. 16 and said it was his “duty” to do so.
Chan was dragged onto the consular ground and beaten by a group of men who appeared to be consulate staff when the group tried to take a banner by force….