UK Government Urged to Expel Chinese Diplomat After Hong Kong Protester Beaten at Manchester Consulate
Lawmakers on Tuesday urged the UK government to expel Chinese diplomats who were involved in beating a Hong Kong pro-democracy protester at the Chinese Consulate in Manchester on Sunday.
Raising an urgent question on the incident in Parliament, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Alicia Kearns, urged the government to either prosecute or expel the attackers within the week.
More than 20 cross-party MPs spoke to demand action from the government.
A spokesperson for campaign group Hong Kong Indigenous Defence Force, which organised the protest where the incident occurred, told The Epoch Times that Consul General Zheng Xiyuan should be removed from the UK for allowing the incident to happen….