Tag: Zheng Xiyuan

Chinese Consulate Beating Investigation Still Ongoing, Manchester Police Say

The investigation into the beating of a Hong Kong protester is still ongoing months after the Chinese diplomats allegedly involved have left the UK, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have confirmed. In an email to The Epoch Times on Friday, a spokesperson confirmed that the investigation was “ongoing,” adding, “We will not be able to comment…


Beijing Recalls Diplomats Wanted for Questioning by UK Police Over Consulate Attack

UK police earlier this month requested to interview six Chinese diplomats over the beating of a protester in Manchester, only to find the officials had either left the country or were about to do so, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said on Dec. 14. Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Alicia Kearns said the protesters who were “grievously…


Manchester Police Identify Offences in Manchester Chinese Consulate Beating Incident

Offences have been identified during the investigation into a scuffle between Chinese Consulate staff and Hong Kong protesters, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said on Monday. GMP said investigators from its Major Incident Team have identified “a number of offences including assaults and public order offences” and that the investigation is ongoing. On Oct. 16, a…


Chinese Embassy Issues Threats to UK Over Manchester Consulate Incident

The Chinese embassy in London issued a threat to the UK government on Thursday as Chinese diplomats may be expelled over the alleged assault of a Hong Kong protester at the Consulate General in Manchester. In a YouTube video titled “Online Press Conference on the Violent Harassment of the Chinese Consulate General in Manchester,” Chargé…


China’s ‘Diplomat’ Gets Violent

Commentary On Oct. 16, one of China’s consul generals in England reportedly stormed through a group of pro-democracy protesters in Manchester, kicking and tearing down posters, and pulling a man by the hair onto the consulate grounds. There, a consulate enforcement squad, some of whom wore riot gear, brutally beat the protester. The victim came…


UK Minister Promises ‘Diplomatic Consequences’ If Chinese Consulate Doesn’t Waive Immunity

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…


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…


UK Police Launch Investigation After Hong Kong Protester Beaten at Chinese Consulate

British police launched an investigation on Monday after a pro-democracy Hong Kong protester was dragged onto the grounds of the Chinese consulate in Manchester and beaten 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…