UK Hong Kong consulate worker Simon Cheng freed after detention in mainland China

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A British Consulate official has returned to Hong Kong after being detained in mainland China for 15 days, his family said on Saturday.

Simon Cheng, 28, who works as a trade and investment officer at the Hong Kong consulate’s Scottish Development International section, disappeared on August 8 on the way back from a business event in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, which borders the financial hub.

 

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