A former British Consulate employee in Hong Kong who says he was detained and tortured by Chinese police for information on protesters complained on Wednesday to U.K. regulators that China’s state TV channel aired his forced confession. Simon Cheng also says in his complaint to communications regulator Ofcom that China Global Television Network, or CGTN, violated rules on fairness, impartiality and accuracy by broadcasting lies in an effort to hurt his credibility. Chinese police acknowledge he was held for 15 days in August but gave no reasons and the ruling Communist Party’s People’s Daily newspaper has denied he was tortured.
