Disturbing footage of British man 'sexually assaulting woman and then being beaten up' causes outrage in China after being posted online

A disturbing video of a British tourist carrying out a drunken sex attack on a woman in China has caused outrage after it was posted online.



The three-minute clip shows a young man, dressed in a polo shirt and tracksuit trousers, with his hands down his trousers as he stands over a semi-naked Chinese women lying in a flower bed in central Beijing.



The woman is heard crying out in distress - saying she does not know the man.



Battered: The British man who was filmed being beaten up after he was allegedly caught sexually assaulting a woman

Beaten: The British man was left in the road, with cars having to navigate around him, after the attack



Stamping: The British man, who has not yet been identified, was left battered on the road after the attack

Her calls are heard by several Chinese men who come to her aid and physically attack the foreign national while one films the summary justice.

Chinese police said they arrested a 'drunk' British suspect shortly after the incident.

'Officers have detained a British man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman in Beijing on Tuesday night,' the statement said.

A Beijing Public Security Bureau official said the suspect, who has not been named, holds a tourist visa.

Disturbing: The video starts with this clip, where the British man in a white t-shirt is standing over a woman in a flower bed

Attack: The video shows the British man being chased, punched to the floor and then beaten



Brutal: The British man was beaten up and stamped on after he was allegedly caught by a group of Chinese men sexually assaulting a woman

A British Embassy spokesman told MailOnline: 'We are aware of the reports about this incident and the claims that the suspect in detention is British.

'But we have not been contacted by Chinese police or anybody else at this stage. We are monitoring the situation.'

In the film, which last night had been viewed by three million viewers, the alleged sex attacker is beaten and left with his clothes torn lying unconscious in the middle of a busy road.

Traffic is shown having to navigate around him. The Chinese men are then seen jumping on him and calling him obscene names and derogatory racist terms for a foreigner.

Tens of thousands of Chinese have expressed anger online, with many demanding police make an example of the 'foreigner' and punish him severely.