Chinese officials use Interpol Red Notices to enlist other countries’ law enforcement resources in Beijing’s international campaign to harass, intimidate, silence and detain critics of the Communist dictatorship living overseas, according to a House Republican.
“My understanding is there are Red Notices that are published through Interpol saying ‘we need an extradition of this individual,’ or ‘we need this person detained or arrested’ because of accusations of crimes,” Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) told a hearing of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China on June 15.
“This is something we use, China uses it, and other countries as well. China is using this for purposes of political suppression, getting people extradited back to China, again for the purpose of political suppression, and not necessarily because they’ve committed crimes that would be considered anything other than free speech,” Mast said….