Former U.K. Consulate Staffer In Hong Kong Says He Was Tortured In Mainland China

A Hong Kong citizen who worked for the British Consulate-General in Hong Kong says secret police officers tortured him in mainland China, accusing him of being a spy and working to agitate pro-democracy protests.
In a lengthy Facebook post, Simon Cheng says he was beaten, put into stress positions and deprived of sleep for a roughly two-week period in August after Chinese police detained him at a train station at Hong Kong's border with the mainland.
Cheng, 29, says he had been trying to return home from a brief trip to nearby Shenzhen, China. Instead, he says he spent days strapped to a metal "tiger chair," blindfolded and hooded as authorities tried to extract information. He adds that the police also accused the U.K. of fomenting violent unrest in Hong Kong.
"The U.K. government has summoned China's ambassador in London to complain," NPR's Frank Langfitt reports from London. "The Chinese government denies Cheng's claims and has summoned the U.K. ambassador to express its 'indignation.' "