Chinese National Caught on Video Beating Local Kenyan Employee Will Soon be Deported

Kenyan authorities moved quickly on Sunday to arrest four Chinese nationals who were allegedly involved in the beating of a local Kenyan employee at Chez Wuo, a hotel restaurant in Nairobi. Bystanders captured the caning by one of the Chinese men on a video and then posted it to the internet. That video went viral very quickly and sparked widespread outrage.

The video was reportedly shot sometime last week.

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