BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing urged the United States to make "serious and thorough" investigations into reports that U.S. Customs officers at the U.S.-Canadian border attacked a Chinese businesswoman last week.
In a telephone call with Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) Li demanded that "those responsible for the incident should receive legal punishment," Xinhua news agency reported.
Powell told Li he would investigate, it said.
A U.S. Customs officer was charged with civil rights violations on Friday after the beating on July 21 of 37-year-old Zhao Yan near Niagara Falls, the China Daily newspaper reported.
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