Wednesday, December 07, 2022

China opens police station to spy on and harass Chinese residing in Israel

I blogged here just two days ago about illegal Chinese police stations in foreign countries. Disturbing developments!

"China has opened a police station in Israel to spy on Chinese nationals abroad, according to the NGO Safeguard Defenders.
The station is one of 110 around the world cited by the Madrid-based organization, which seeks to support civil society groups and human rights lawyers in Asia. ...
Safeguard Defenders says the police stations, most of which are in Europe, are used to harass and silence Chinese nationals and dissidents living abroad, and to persuade them to return to China. ...
China authorities have been open about persuading individuals to return, saying in the summer of 2022 that some 230,000 people labeled as "fugitives" had been "persuaded to return" between April 2021 and July 2022, according to Safeguard Defenders. ...
Some of the police stations have been set up in cooperation with the host country; the Foreign Ministry declined to comment on whether this is the case in Israel. ...
The Netherlands and Ireland shut down Chinese police stations for illegal actions in recent months. ...
Chinese students in Israel told The Jerusalem Post earlier this year that they had been approached to collect information for the Chinese Communist Party. ..."

China opens police station to spy on citizens in Israel – report - Israel News - The Jerusalem Post Safeguard Defenders says the police stations, most of which are in Europe, are used to harass and silence Chinese nationals and dissidents living abroad.

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