News Analysis
Of all the countries where China has purportedly set up unofficial police stations, only Ireland has so far ordered its local one to be closed. Authorities in other countries, including in Canada, have at most said they are “investigating” the issue.
This came after a Spanish NGO, Safeguard Defenders, published a report in September alerting countries like Canada to these stations on their soil. The station in Dublin, Ireland, displayed a public sign, “Fuzhou Police Overseas Service Station.” Other stations, such as the reported three in Toronto, are more subtle.
But why did it take an NGO to raise the alarm about these stations in countries with sophisticated intelligence and security agencies? Andy why is there not yet any report on whether they’ve been ordered closed in Canada?…