A Hong Kong pro-democracy protester who was pulled into the Chinese consulate grounds in Manchester stated he thought he was going to die when unidentified males had been beating him up.
The demonstrator, who’s often known as Bob Man, informed Sky News that it could have been no shock if he’d died on the grounds of the Chinese consulate for protesting outdoors it on Sunday.
He stated the protest was peaceable till consulate employees got here out and tore down banners and posters depicting pictures of Chinese President Xi Jinping, which they discovered offensive.
Bob has been left with accidents on his physique and face from being kicked and punched.
He informed Sky News: “In that second, I used to be considering I’d die inside as a result of it is not stunning they’d try this. If the police officer did not pull me out, I’d have died inside and so they might do nothing.
“I saw one of the Hong Kongers being grabbed inside the consulate, I went straight away to help and then four consulate staff tried to grab me into the garden as well. It all happened too fast, I tried holding on to the gates but couldn’t hold for too long – they then threw me to the ground and started to kick and punch me.”
He added: “There’s no respect, they’re rude, it shouldn’t be like that here. It’s not China, this is the UK, you shouldn’t do that.”
Bob managed to flee with assist of police and different demonstrators.
Showing us his accidents, Bob stated he nonetheless felt ache in his physique and neck the place purple marks and bruising has developed.
He additionally has cuts to his face and a bald patch in his hair the place it had been pulled out.
“They should be going to jail because it’s not legal. They should be punished,” he stated, including he would not settle for an apology and this has solely made him angrier.
“I’m not scared at all after what happened, I might be dead already – so even if they do something now to kill me somehow, somewhere, I won’t be surprised. I’m more angry and they won’t make me ‘zip it’. I’m only going to speak out more.”
But Bob, who now lives in Greater Manchester along with his circle of relatives, stated he is apprehensive for his different household who lives in Hong Kong.
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“They might do some bad things to my family in Hong Kong. I’m worried about that, but there’s nothing I can do about it. I don’t regret going to the protest because if I don’t speak out, the world wouldn’t see this ridiculous thing happen to me.”
Sunday’s protest coincided with the primary day of the congress of China’s ruling social gathering, the place Mr Xi is predicted to win a 3rd management time period.
MPs, together with shadow international secretary David Lammy, are calling for the federal government to urgently examine the incident and summon the Chinese ambassador to the UK, Zheng Zeguang.
Sky News has contacted the federal government, the Chinese consulate in Manchester and the Chinese embassy in London for remark.
Source: information.sky.com”