Isisebenzi se I-consulate yase-UK eHong Kong uboshiwe emngceleni wedolobha laseShayina Shenzhen "Ngokwephula umthetho", kusho okhulumela uMnyango Wezangaphandle waseChina uGeng Shuang ngoLwesithathu.

USimon Cheng, 28, ubebuya ohambweni eShenzhen eya kwelakubo eHong Kong ngomhlaka-8 Agasti ngesikhathi intombi yakhe, uLi, iyeka ukuthola ukuxhumana naye.

Umkhulumeli weHhovisi le-UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office uthe: “Sikhathazeke kakhulu ngemibiko yokuthi ilungu lethimba lethu liboshiwe libuyela e-Hong Kong lisuka e-Shenzhen ... naseHong Kong.”

U-Li uthe uCheng umthumelele umlayezo ngaphambi nje kokuthi athule. “Ngilungele ukudlula emngceleni … ngikhulekele,” wayebhale.

U-Li uthe iziphathimandla zaseHong Kong zitshele ukuthi u-Cheng ufakwe “esitokisini sokuphatha” ezweni laseChina endaweni engaziwa nangezizathu ezingaziwa.

Umlisa 'wephule/imithethonqubo mayelana "Nezijeziso Ezikuhlelo Lomphakathi kanye Nokuphathwa Kwezokuphepha," kusho umkhulumeli eBeijing, ngaphandle kokunikeza imininingwane eyengeziwe.