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Spokesman said that we had received reports that a group of European Parliamentarians, including Mr Bob Parry MP, and a British journalist, were detained on 30 April in Tienanmen Square.
Mr Alastair Goodlad, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with responsibility for China, had summoned the Chinese Ambassador, who would call this afternoon. Mr Goodland would demand a full explanation and the immediate release of the detained.
The reports suggested that the group unfurled a banner in Tienanmen Square. The Government took the view that if these reports were true the behaviour of the Chinese authorities was disproportionate and unacceptable.
The British Ambassador in Peking had been instructed to make parallel representations to the Chinese authorities.
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