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DALLAS — Three Houston police officers have been restricted to desk duty after they followed a Chinese diplomat into the parking garage of the Chinese Consulate, arrested the man and injured him, the Houston mayor said.
"China urges the U.S. ... to quickly investigate the details of this incident and to look into the persons responsible to ensure that the Chinese diplomatic and consulate personnel and premises are not violated," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said in a statement. "The Chinese Foreign Ministry, the Chinese Embassy and the Houston consulate have already made solemn exchanges with the U.S. side."
Houston's police chief has ordered officers to receive a list of addresses for every consulate in the city.
"This is important as Houston has the third-largest number of consulates in the country," Parker said. "We cherish our international residents and want to assure them they are welcome in our city."
In an interview Friday, Yu said he was traveling with his wife in a consulate vehicle when he saw a patrol car with flashing lights behind him. Yu said he stopped and waited several minutes, but drove off when the officer stayed in his car and took no apparent action.
Yu said he drove to the Chinese Consulate in the 3400 block of Montrose. When Yu drove through the consulate's automatic garage gate, the police car followed him.
Yu said he “made it clear” he was a Chinese diplomat, but the officer handcuffed him anyway. Yu said the officer struck him in the face, but he did not address the circumstances or specify when the alleged assault took place. Yu also suffered hand and neck injuries, according to a co-worker at the consulate.
Roberta MacInnis, a Houston Chronicle features editor, said she was shopping at a nearby business when she saw an HPD officer lying on top of a handcuffed man who was face-down in the garage.
A source familiar with the officers' version of events said Yu's vehicle was spotted about 4:30 p.m. Saturday traveling a short distance from the consulate without a rear license plate. With the police car following with flashing lights, the vehicle wound through Montrose for about five minutes before entering the consulate garage.
As the officer exited his patrol car, the source said, Yu greeted him with loud curses.
Originally posted by m0r1arty
Hey there Fitzchivalry Farseer,
I think you'll find that the US is gonna back down big style in this one.
China doesn't tolerate people breaking the law in their lands - especially against government officials.
I see this going as far as extradition and then death.
-m0r
Originally posted by Izarith
How the Hell did you know my avatar was the Fitz?!?!
Originally posted by m0r1arty
Chade Fallstar taught me well
I'm sure there is a bit of give and take on each version of events but there should never have been a police car inside of the Chinese embassy ever - that's where the big mistake was made.
-m0r
Originally posted by Izarith
reply to post by Iamonlyhuman
The Diplomat himself stated that he pulled over and later left after the cop was taking his sweet time.
Regardless tho, even if the diplomat as spit in the cops face, you can not even enter a foreign land you are not a part of, especially if you got a US badge on.
Originally posted by foxhoundone
Perhaps the LEOs were arming a tracker devise of sorts and that's why it has taken so long for the officer to quiz the suspect, After all there was no rear number plate to run a check on ?