Tag: long-arm policing

On Closing China’s Secret Police Stations Overseas

Commentary Few people could have missed the revelation from Safeguard Defenders that local Chinese police are running overseas police “service stations.” Over the last month, local media has been investigating the illegal centers, and more and more remarkable information is being revealed weekly. The latest such revelation is the existence of additional stations in Canada,…


Reports of Presence of Unofficial Chinese Police Stations in Canada an ‘Egregious Extension of Extraterritoriality,’ Says Liberal MP

The issue of Chinese police stations operating in Canada and other democratic countries has been making headlines in recent weeks, and some governments have begun probing the alleged use of these stations to intimidate overseas Chinese. Liberal MP John McKay said he felt a sense of “incredulity” when he first heard reports of existence of…


Chinese ‘Police Overseas Service Station’ in Ireland Removes Sign, While Feds Investigate Similar Offices in Canada

An unofficial Chinese police station in Dublin removed its signage in recent days after the Irish government began questioning the local Chinese embassy about the station’s activities. The development comes as reports about three similar stations in Canada are being investigated by the federal government. The police stations are among the more than 50 outposts…


Safeguarding Chinese Dissidents and How the World Can Use Xi Jinping’s Power Grab Against Himself

Commentary I’ve written earlier in these pages on how China’s judiciary, flawed to start with, has been deteriorating further with each passing year of Xi Jinping’s leadership, and how that deterioration is a natural and logical outcome of his attempt to gain stronger political control over, not only the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), but the…