A local employee of the British consulate in Hong Kong has been detained in mainland China for breaking a public security-related law, Beijing said on Wednesday, confirming the man’s arrest nearly two weeks after he first disappeared.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said police in the southern city of Shenzhen were holding Cheng Man Kit, a Hong Kong Chinese citizen, for violating “public security administration punishment” law, state media reported.
The detention of Mr Cheng, which was first reported by the British Embassy in Beijing on Tuesday, threatens to trigger a diplomatic rift between the UK and China.
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