'Apprentice' star Alan Sugar's 'racist' tweet about Chinese baby sparks police probe
Woman offended by Alan Sugar's reference to mainland child working in an iPhone factory
A celebrity British entrepreneur and former government business adviser was accused of racism and investigated by the police after he tweeted a "joke" about a Chinese child being upset in an iPhone factory.
The Labour Party peer Alan Sugar - the outspoken "you're fired" star of the TV hit The Apprentice - posted a comment about recent photos of Chinese babies dressed in watermelon skins.
He wrote: "The kid in the middle is upset because he was told off for leaving the production line of the iPhone 5" - a reference to the factories in China where the phones are made.
The Liverpool health shop owner, whose husband and family are Chinese, then complained to the Metropolitan Police Twitter account. She was contacted by police but initially declined to give a statement.