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Canadian Mounted Police is “actively investigating” the alleged existence of Chinese “police stations” in the country, a police spokeswoman told EFE news agency Thursday.
The Canadian Mounted Police added that it is working with police forces in other countries, as well as with intelligence agencies, including the so-called “Five Eyes” (USAUK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada) to respond to “all threats to national security”.
On Monday, the US FBI announced the arrest of two people in connection with the operation in New York. illegal police station Chinese police. According to the federal agency, the police station worked on orders from China’s National Police to monitor and prosecute Chinese residents who were critical of the Beijing authorities.
In this sense, the Canadian Mounted Police indicated that it recognizes that Canadian citizens of Chinese origin “are victims of the activities” of alleged police stations which are being investigated. “This or any other form of intimidation, harassment or attacks against communities or individuals in the diaspora is unacceptable in Canada”, added a police spokeswoman.
In September 2022, the Spanish-based NGO Safeguard Defenders denounced the existence of alleged Chinese illegal agents in several countries, including Canada. Shortly thereafter, it emerged that Canadian intelligence agencies had been warning the Canadian government of Chinese interference in the 2019 and 2021 general elections. China and called the Asian giant a “subversive” force.
Chinese police stations in Manhattan
Last Monday, U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that two people had been charged with opening and operating an illegal police station in Manhattan’s Chinatown, New York, who worked under the orders of Chinese National Police to control and persecute the inhabitants of this country who are critical of the Beijing authorities.
In another case, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York accused 34 other alleged Chinese police officers of running a “massive campaign” on social media to “threat Chinese dissidents, increase divisions among Americans, and undermine confidence” in the democratic process.
“In the heart of bustling Chinatown, in Lower Manhattan, a dark secret was kept until a few months ago an entire floor of the building was occupied by a police station. Chinese National PoliceThis was announced at a press conference by US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Breon Peace.
The world referred to the fact that at least once Chinese security forces They asked one of the two men arrested in the case to find a pro-democracy activist of Chinese origin living in California.
The prosecutor said the two defendants confessed to deleting Chinese police messages from their phones after learning that the FBI had launched an investigation against them.
Detainees Lu Jianwang, 61, and Chen Jinping, 59, both New Yorkers, also appeared before a federal judge in the city on the same Monday, April 17, for the first time.
Lu, who prosecutors say has worked with the Chinese security apparatus for years, and Chen are charged with conspiring to act as foreign agents and obstructing justice for allegedly destroying evidence of their connection to Chinese officials.
Troll farm against Chinese dissidents
As for the second case, it concerns 34 Chinese police officers who are part of a group called “Special Project 912”, which operates as a “troll farm”, acting “against pro-democracy activists and Chinese dissidents outside People’s Republic of China” According to Mir.
The indictment alleges that the group created thousands of false profiles that were used in a coordinated manner to harass, defame and threaten dissidents and activists around the world: “Individuals whom the People’s Republic of China perceived as a threat to the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party.”
Among his actions, the prosecutor singled out the boycott of online meetings, their forced interruption. In addition, according to him, “they use their fake online profiles to spread propaganda and the official version of Chinese government for the purpose of countering and coercing pro-democracy dissidents.”
“We cannot and will not tolerate the Chinese government’s persecution of democratic activists seeking asylum in that country. We want this persecution to serve as a warning that we remain determined to fight any attempt Communist Party of China oppress and intimidate our residents,” Peace said.
China rejects US allegations
China Last Monday, he denied opening an illegal police station in Manhattan’s Chinatown, New York, and ruled out a policy of interfering with the sovereignties of other countries.
“China adheres to a policy of non-interference in the affairs of other countries, strictly observing international law and the judicial sovereignty of all countries. These so-called police stations referred to by the United States do not exist,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a press conference.
He added that he hoped the US would “stop exaggerating” and not make the issue a “problem.”
(As reported by EFE)
Source: RPP
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