Chinese Man Charged With Racially Aggravated Assault After Hong Kong Activists Attacked in Southampton

Metropolitan Police officers outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, on March 21, 2023. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A man has been charged with racially aggravated assault after a group of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were allegedly attacked near the University of Southampton after a Rally in June.

Zheng Gong, 23, of High Street, Southampton, was due to appear at Southampton Magistrates’ Court, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said on Friday.