Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 18 (ANI): The Metropolitan Police have launched an investigation into allegations that security personnel at the Chinese Embassy in London used high-voltage stun batons, classified as prohibited weapons under UK law, to intimidate peaceful Tibetan demonstrators during a candlelight vigil, according to Phayul.

As reported by Phayul, the incident took place on the evening of July 3 outside the Chinese Embassy on Portland Place in central London, where members of the Tibetan community and human rights supporters had gathered to pay tribute to Lobga Rangzen, a Tibetan independence activist who died after self-immolating outside the United Nations Headquarters in New York on July 2.

According to the report, widely circulated videos released by London-based advocacy group Free Tibet appear to show Chinese embassy security personnel allegedly brandishing live, sparking stun batons and pointing them towards peaceful demonstrators in w...