China says holding British Hong Kong consulate's employee

China says staffer at British consulate in Hong Kong given 15 days of administrative detention for violating public order law

"The relevant employee is a Hong Kong resident, not a British citizen," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a daily briefing."In other words, he is Chinese. This is purely the internal affairs of China."

At a daily briefing Wednesday, foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the case was "not a diplomatic issue." The reports said he attended a business event in Shenzhen on August 8 but never returned to neighbouring Hong Kong despite plans to do so the same day.

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