Concerns have been raised about the close relationship between the Australian Federal Police and Chinese law enforcement after reports revealed a secret Beijing-backed overseas police station was located in Sydney, Australia.
The police “service station” was established in 2018 by the Public Security Bureau of Wenzhou City in China, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) reported on Oct. 13.
The Sydney contact point is part of Beijing’s effort to set up a network of stations around the world to repress dissidents globally, according to a report published by international human rights group Safeguard Defenders.
The September report, titled “110 Overseas: Chinese Transnational Policing Gone Wild (pdf),” warned the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) set up at “least 54 police-run ‘overseas police service centres’ across five continents.”…