BEIJING, Nov 21 — Chinese police published today a video purporting to show a former employee of the British consulate in Hong Kong confessing to soliciting prostitutes, after Britain backed his allegation that he was tortured over pro-democracy protests. The case has added to tensions between...
Activists holding placards — one an illustration of Simon Cheng — gather outside the British Consulate-General building in Hong Kong August 21, 2019. — AFP pic
Simon Cheng, a Hong Kong citizen, said yesterday he was shackled to a steel “tiger chair”, hung spread-eagled on a “steep X-Cross” and beaten by secret police while he was detained in the southern mainland city of Shenzhen for 15 days in August. AFP could not immediately verify the video, which also contained separate footage in which Cheng is asked why he does not want police to tell his family about his detention.
Chinese criminal suspects often appear in videotaped “confessions” that rights groups say sometimes bear the hallmarks of official arm-twisting. He said in his statement that police hand given him a “script” with questions and answers “totally designed by them in advance” for a filmed confession.
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