Diplomatic Protection

After three Chinese nationals were murdered in a span of two days in South Africa, Chinese embassy and the Foreign Ministry spokesman requested "the South African side to try their best to investigate the cases and severely punish the criminals, and at the same time to take earnest measures to safeguard the life and property security of the Chinese citizens in South Africa." Later, the deputy director of the consulate department of the Chinese Foreign Ministry summoned the South Africa's minister plenipotentiary to China, to make further representations.

Meanwhile, police liaison officers in the Chinese embassy have participated in the investigation.