Police to investigate as Hong Kong minister falls to ground during protest in London
Video shows Teresa Cheng falling as demonstrators shout ‘shame on you’
The Metropolitan police have opened an investigation after Hong Kong’s justice minister, Teresa Cheng, fell to the ground while being surrounded by angry pro-democracy protesters outside an event in central London.
The incident on Thursday evening was the first direct altercation between demonstrators and a Hong Kong government minister since protests, now in their sixth month, erupted in the city.