By Business Correspondent| McDonald’s in China has apologised for the abuse its staff did on black customers in the Asian country last week.

The incident follows a spate of several racially classified attacks on black Africans which saw black people being arrested and detained on spurious allegations of carrying the Coronavirus.

The company has since responded to queries raised through the ZimEye news network and shut down the main restaurant in question so to address the matter yesterday.

In their statement they said: “McDonald’s immediately launched an investigation after being informed. We apologize for the trouble and anxiety caused by this restaurant to customers.

“The restaurant was ordered to stop the operation immediately.

“McDonald’s China resolutely opposes any discriminatory practices targeting specific groups of people and has zero tolerance for discriminatory words and deeds.

“In order to further strengthen education, the restaurant has been closed for half a day on the afternoon of April 12 and relevant training has been conducted to prevent such incidents from happening again.”

McDonalds: "….In order to further strengthen education, the restaurant has been closed for half a day on the afternoon of April 12 and relevant training has been conducted to prevent such incidents from happening again." – @McDonalds @McDonaldsCorp pic.twitter.com/7GxT8dlTnq — ZimEye (@ZimEye) April 13, 2020