英國保守黨於周日（9月30日）舉行年會，其中一個主題為「香港法治自由」的座談會上，一名央視記者涉嫌掌摑一名香港義工，事後被警方拘捕。
該座談會上，出席的港人包括香港監察主席羅傑斯（Benedict Rogers）、香港眾志前主席羅冠聰、民主黨創黨主席李柱銘、「佔中三子」之一的戴耀廷。據了解羅傑斯在總結發言時，一名中國女子在尖叫，指對方講大話及想分裂中國。
後來該名記者被勸離開時，竟出手掌摑一名學生義工，最終被警方拘捕。
中國駐英國使館之後回應事件，重申香港事務屬中國內政，批評保守黨人權委員會利用該黨年會，舉辦邊會為反華分裂勢力張目，中方表示嚴重關切和強烈不滿，強調任何鼓吹港獨的圖謀和行為都是徒勞的。
聲明又指，當中國記者在邊會上提問表達觀點時，卻遭到百般阻撓，甚至人身侵犯，這是完全不能接受的。中方要求保守黨人權委員會停止干涉中國內政，停止插手香港事務，並要求會議組織者向中國記者道歉。
中央電視台確認被捕記者叫孔琳琳，並已向英國當局抗議，聲明指孔當時只是提問及表達意見，但卻遭到阻撓及身體滋擾，並要求活動主辦者道歉。
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A Chinese Journalist assaults a fringe meeting volunteer at the Conservative Party Conference On 30 September 2018, Hong Kong Watch and the UK Conservative Party Human Rights Commission co-hosted a fringe meeting at the Conservative Party Conference, chaired by Fiona Bruce MP. The event, focused on “the erosion of freedom, the rule of law and autonomy in Hong Kong,” was addressed by three generations of democracy activists from Hong Kong – the founder of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party Martin Lee, leader of the Occupy Movement Benny Tai and Umbrella Movement leader and former political prisoner Nathan Law – as well as the co-founder and Chair of Hong Kong Watch Benedict Rogers. Towards the end of the event, just before Martin Lee gave the final remarks, Benedict Rogers, who also serves as Deputy Chair of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission, concluded with these words: “I am pro-China, not anti-China. I want China and its people to succeed. I am a critic of the current Chinese government and the way it treats its people, but I am pro-China as a country and people and I believe it is in both China’s and Britain’s interests for Hong Kong to succeed. It is therefore in all our interests for both China and Britain to honour our commitments under the Sino-British Joint Declaration and ensure that ‘one country, two systems’ is upheld.” Immediately a Chinese woman, with an accredited press pass, stood up and screamed at Mr Rogers: “You are a liar. You are anti-China. You want to separate China. And you are not even Chinese. The rest are all traitors!” Fiona Bruce MP invited her to leave, but she continued to shout. A student volunteer, Enoch Lieu approached her and insisted that she should leave, but she refused and slapped him twice. Security was called and removed her from the venue, as she continued to shout: “You have no right to interfere in Hong Kong”. She was subsequently arrested by the police. The assaulted volunteer confirmed that the journalist is from the China state media CCTV. http://chinaplus.cri.cn/news/china/9/20181001/190886.html
Posted by Hong Kong Watch on Sunday, 30 September 2018