Canada has ignored Chinese interference for too long, while the alleged “police stations” are just the tip of the iceberg of Beijing’s break-in attempts, the NGO Safeguard Defenders warns.
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The Spanish organization, which revealed to the world the existence of Chinese “police stations” in about fifty countries last fall, testified Monday night in Ottawa before the parliamentary committee responsible for investigating Canada-China relations.
Her spokeswoman Laura Harth warned that Canada could face “painful” times in its fight against Chinese interference.
” [Les présumés “postes de police”] are just the tip of the iceberg. Canada…has turned a blind eye for too long, hoping that if we don’t take care of it, the problem will go away. But that has only allowed these types of operations to grow in scope and put us at greater risk,” Harth said.
Three Canadians forced
The organization Safeguard Defenders, which claims to obtain its information from public information sources of the Chinese government, spoke of the concrete effects of the alleged “police stations” on Canadian soil.
These would be at the root of the forced return of three Canadians to China to face justice, the organization said. Indeed, one of the roles of these positions would be to contribute to China’s anti-corruption campaign by forcing Chinese nationals to return to the country, in addition to controlling opponents in Beijing.
Ms Harth also called on Canada not to limit itself to alleged “police stations,” but to investigate all networks in the country linked to the United Front Labor Ministry, the Chinese Communist Party’s repressive wing overseas.
She also congratulated the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for launching various investigations into the matter, giving Safeguard Defenders the “best” response to the phenomenon observed around the world.
The Chinese Family Service of Greater Montreal and the Sino-Quebec Center of the South Shore are suspected, like four other centers identified by Safeguard Defenders elsewhere in the country, to be secret “police stations” on behalf of the Chinese authorities.
The RCMP mentioned last week that citizens of the Chinese diaspora may face intimidation or threats from the Chinese communist regime in connection with these centers.
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