The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has confirmed it will not renew an agreement signed with China after international human rights groups allege it allowed Beijing to abuse human rights internationally.
On May 25, AFP officials told the Senate that the agency would not renew its memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed with China’s National Commission of Supervision (NCS) in December 2018, which will expire at the end of this year.
Asked by Senator James Paterson on the basis of the AFP’s decision, Ian McCartney, Deputy Commissioner for the AFP, said there had been a change in the bilateral relationship with China.
“In effect, we didn’t see the requirement for that to continue,” McCartney said. “There was minimal interaction with that agency in relation to the work that we do.”…