早前有居英港人在中共二十大召開期間,前往中國駐英國曼徹斯特總領館外示威,其間一批疑為領事館職員搶走示威物品,引發雙方衝突,有示威者被人拖入領事館範圍內圍毆。中國駐曼城總領事鄭曦原被指有份破壞示威標語及扯事威者Bob Chan頭髮,鄭昨日(19日)接受《天空新聞》訪問時,回應指:「因為他侮辱我的國家和領袖,我認為我有義務去扯他的頭髮(He abused my country, my leader, I think it is my duty)。」
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《天空新聞》訪問節錄:
鄭曦原:I don’t attack anybody, I am just peacefully
記者:That’s not true though, isn’t Consul-General, you pulled the man’s hair
鄭曦原:Yeah, the man because he abused my country, my leader, I think it is my duty
記者:To pull his hair?
鄭曦原:Yeah, I think any diplomat, if faced with such kind of behavior
鄭曦原:I don’t attack anybody, I am just peacefully
記者:That’s not true though, isn’t Consul-General, you pulled the man’s hair
鄭曦原:Yeah, the man because he abused my country, my leader, I think it is my duty
記者:To pull his hair?
鄭曦原:Yeah, I think any diplomat, if faced with such kind of behavior
被問及作為一位高級外交人員扯示威者頭髮並試圖拖拽示威者是否可接受的行為時,鄭曦原辯稱當時情況危急,有領事人員的生命受威脅,自己當時只是嘗試控制局面,又指示威者侮辱他的國家和領袖,認為自己有義務去扯該名示威者的頭髮。