Former UK Consulate Employee Details ‘Nightmare’ of Being Detained, Tortured in China

Former UK Consulate Employee Details ‘Nightmare’ of Being Detained, Tortured in China
Simon Cheng in London on Jan. 5, 2020. Courtesy of Simon Cheng
Eva Fu
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Former British consulate employee Simon Cheng couldn’t have imagined that his participation in the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests would land him in a prison in China and labeled an “enemy of the state.”

Last August, the Hongkonger’s short business trip to the Chinese border city of Shenzhen turned into a nightmare: For 15 days, Cheng was held incommunicado, accused by Chinese authorities of being a British spy, and tortured to extract intelligence about protesters in his home city.

Eva Fu
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Eva Fu is an award-winning, New York-based journalist for The Epoch Times focusing on U.S. politics, U.S.-China relations, religious freedom, and human rights. Contact Eva at [email protected]
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