Foreign secretary does not rule out ‘other action’ over beating of Hong Kong protester amid police investigation

The foreign secretary, James Cleverly, has not ruled out Chinese officials being prosecuted or expelled from Britain for the “completely unacceptable” violence against pro-democracy protesters in Manchester.

Cleverly said he had summoned China’s chargé d’affairs in London “at the first available opportunity” to demand an explanation over the incident outside the Chinese consulate on Sunday.

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