Six diplomats are leaving the UK two months after violence erupted outside the Chinese Consulate in Rusholme. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has announced that the Chinese consul general, Zheng Xiyuan, and five of his staff who police wanted to question are leaving the country.
It comes after Mr Xiyuan was accused of attacking protester Bob Chan, from Hong Kong, following a pro-democracy demonstration outside the Consulate. Mr Chan told a press conference he was 'dragged into the grounds of the consulate' before being 'kicked and punched'.
Mr Xiyuan denied the allegation and a member of his staff, consul Gao Lianjia, made a counter-claim that his 'life was put at risk' by protesters. In a statement today (December 14), Mr Cleverley said Greater Manchester Police wanted to interview the six individuals over the incident on October 16.
