The UK government has been criticised for inviting a senior Chinese official responsible for human rights abuses in Hong Kong to the coronation of King Charles III.
Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng was among the dignitaries from around the world invited to Westminster Abbey for the coronation on Saturday.
Han led Hong Kong affairs for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime between 2018 and March this year, during which time it imposed the national security law after mass protests in the city, stifling opposition and criminalising dissent.
Riot police detain people after they cleared protesters taking part in a rally against a new national security law in Hong Kong on July 1, 2020. (Dale De La Rey/AFP via Getty Images)
The decision to invite Han has been strongly criticised by China hawks in the Conservative Party and Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong….