A man has been charged with racially aggravated assault after a group of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were allegedly attacked near the University of Southampton after a Rally in June.
Zheng Gong, 23, of High Street, Southampton, was due to appear at Southampton Magistrates’ Court, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said on Friday.
The police didn’t reveal Mr. Zheng’s citizenship. Information posted on a Chinese social media site under an account in his name appears to suggest he’s a Chinese citizen.
Hampshire police launched an investigation in June after footage circulated online showing a group of young Mandarin Chinese-speaking men confronting a man and a woman on June 11….