Chinese Embassy Condemns Attack On Hong Kong Senior Official By Activists In UK

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 15th November, 2019) The Chinese embassy in the United Kingdom on Friday strongly condemned an attack by whom it called anti-China activists on Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah, the secretary for Justice of China's Hong Kong special administrative region, perpetrated during her visit to the United Kingdom.

The embassy said that the official had been besieged and attacked by dozens of activists and had sustained a hand injury as she had been pushed to the ground by them.

"We express strong indignation and unequivocally condemn the activists. We urge the British police to carry out a thorough investigation into this incident, bring the offenders to justice and strengthen security protection on Chinese personnel and institutions in the UK," the embassy said in a statement.

The embassy argued that the attack had been coordinated online. The diplomatic mission claimed those who were behind it sought to destabilize Hong Kong, paralyze its authorities and undermine China's "One country, two systems" principle.

Chinese media reported earlier on Friday that the justice secretary, who was behind the infamous extradition bill that provoked large-scale protests in Hong Kong, had been attacked by about 30 activists angry about the authorities' way of addressing the protests.

The rallies in Hong Kong have been underway since June. Despite the extradition bill, opposed by protesters, has been retracted, the violent unrest continued.