UK halts military training for Hong Kong police as relations with China decline

End of cooperation because of pandemic' comes as extent of similar British contracts with foreign forces emerges

The government has barred UK military personnel from training the Hong Kong police force and two other organisations amid worsening relations with China.

Both the army and the RAF run limited drill instructor programmes for Hong Kong's police force, its Government Flying Service and its Sea Cadet Corps, but these have now been put on hold, the Ministry of Defence told the Observer.