Authorities in China said a U.K. consulate employee is being held for an alleged prostitution-related offense but offered no details or evidence to back up the allegation
HONG KONG—Chinese police on Thursday alleged that a British consulate employee from Hong Kong, detained during a business trip to the mainland earlier this month, had committed a prostitution-related offense, but offered no details or evidence to back up the allegation.
The assertion, by police in Shenzhen, was met with immediate skepticism in Hong Kong. On a Facebook page built by the detained man’s friends to call for his release, hundreds of comments questioned the credibility of the allegations.
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