A Hong Kong pro-democracy protester was dragged into the Chinese Consulate grounds in Manchester and overwhelmed up.
In a video, posted by Political Asylum Manchester City Transit Station, an unidentified group of males in face masks method the consulate fence at a pro-democracy demonstration exterior the consulate and drag a person inside.
The protester informed Voice of America (VOA), that the lads took away a satirical portrait of Xi Jinping after which beat him up.
He mentioned: “After I was pulled in, I was punched and kicked. I had scars on my face, bleeding, and swelling. Hair was pulled from my head, swollen and bruised. I had bruises on my neck and back, and my waist was a little sore.”
He added that protesters and the police managed to drag him out of the consulate.
Human rights campaigner, Luke de Pulford, tweeted an image allegedly exhibiting the protester who was attacked, with cuts on his face.
A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police mentioned the power is conscious of an incident which befell at round 3pm on Sunday on the Chinese Consulate in Manchester.
They mentioned: “Officers were present and responded immediately to diffuse the situation. Enquiries are ongoing at this time to understand the full circumstances.
“A police patrol plan is in place within the space following this incident.”
MPs are calling on the federal government to urgently examine the matter and demand that the Chinese Ambassador to the UK, Zheng Zeguang, is summoned.
Alicia Kearns, MP and chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, tweeted a photograph of protesters and the police on the consulate and steered that the consul basic had “full sight, and quite possibly was involved, in the assaults”.
Former Conservative chief, Iain Duncan-Smith, known as for an apology from Mr Zeguang and mentioned the federal government ought to demand these accountable be despatched again to China.
The protest coincided with the primary day of the congress of China’s ruling celebration, the place President Xi Jinping is predicted to win a 3rd management time period.
Sky News has contacted the federal government, the Chinese consulate in Manchester and the Chinese Embassy in London for remark.
Source: information.sky.com”