A Hong Kong protester was dragged onto the grounds of the Chinese consulate in Manchester and beaten by seven or eight people on Sunday.
The protester, identified only as Bob, said he was trying to stop consulate staff from taking a poster he was holding when he was dragged into the compound.
Bob was one of around 60 people who were taking part in a protest organised by Hong Kong Indigenous Defence Force objecting to the reelection of Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
The pro-democracy group said in a statement that “several staff members in riot gears [sic] from the China Consulate attempted to confiscate a large protest painting from the protesters” less than two minutes into a speech by one of the activists….