in an open letter to Canada’s Minister of Public Safety and the Foreign Influence Commissioner, NDP MP Jenny Kwan is demanding officials verify findings of a new report on the global proliferation of illegal Chinese police stations.
“These allegations warrant immediate attention,” Kwan wrote in response to the Nov. 6 report called A Formula for Repression – China’s Global Grid for Community Control.
“The Canadian government has an obligation to verify the report’s findings, determine whether these operations are active in Canada and establish whether individuals or organizations are facilitating activities on behalf of the Chinese government that constitute foreign interference, intimidation or coercion.”
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The report’s author, Laura Harth of Safeguard Defenders, found more than 10 police forces from five Chinese provinces are involved in a global network of Chinese Communist Party operatives whose “core aim” is to control the diaspora.
In two 2022 reports, Safeguard Defenders detailed the activity of more than 100 overseas Chinese police stations in more than 50 countries. The RCMP investigated groups in Richmond, Toronto and Montreal, but did not recommend charges.
Kwan’s letter to Minister Gary Anandasangaree and Commissioner Anton Boegman asks whether Chinese overseas police stations or affiliated networks remain active or have expanded operations since 2022 in Canada. She seeks protection for any member of Canada’s Chinese, Hong Kong, Uyghur, Tibetan and Taiwan communities at risk of intimidation, surveillance and coercion.
“Canadians must be free to speak, organize, protest and participate in public life without fear of intimidation or reprisal from foreign states,” Kwan wrote.
“The Prime Minister and the Minister of Public Safety have an obligation to ensure that these allegations are investigated and addressed without delay.”
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Harth’s new report explains how the Chinese Communist Party divides every city, town and village into grids of a few hundred households. Each grid has a manager who reports upward. Nine of the 10 tasks for managers involve surveillance and control.
“There is a file on every resident,” said Harth’s report. “Anything seen as a threat to Party rule is escalated to a hub where enforcement stands ready to act. Internationally, this system of mass surveillance, control and suppression is projected through a global grid of United Front-affiliated organizations or designated liaisons. They are run by the Party’s ‘bridge and bond’ to the diaspora: the Overseas Chinese Federation.”
Safeguard Defenders found nearly 1,250 liaisons in at least 91 countries carrying out domestic grid functions abroad.
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The Canadian government has an obligation to verify the report’s findings, determine whether these operations are active in Canada and establish whether individuals or organizations are facilitating activities on behalf of the Chinese government that constitute foreign interference, intimidation or coercion.
The RCMP tried based on the mentioned report from 2022. They didn’t find anything and are now getting sued for defamation worth millions.
How it started in 2022 (from that same report): https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/rcmp-investigating-chinese-police-stations-canada-1.6627166
This comes after the Spain-based human rights group Safeguard Defenders reported that more than 50 exist worldwide, including three in the Greater Toronto Area in predominantly Chinese communities.
Where it’s at now: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-rcmp-investigations-chinese-police-1.7645361
The RCMP has closed its investigation into alleged clandestine Chinese police stations in the Montreal area, and it is not recommending charges.
The closure comes as the RCMP faces a $4.9-million defamation lawsuit from the groups named in the probe.
So just further fear mongering from one trick racist Scotty because they can’t be bothered to do their homework.
Huge tip. Its not 2022 anymore.
Edit: my point is using an old investigation is not really enough to discredit new information and credible concern (which exists outside of Canada too). What i find most interesting are people who go out of their way to disparage any investigations into the matter.
I think you should read the OP article, because it uses the 2022 report data. The same NGO is using their old report.
So perhaps your comment should be directed at the NGO or the outlets regurgitating the addendum to the report (that turned out false).
Kwan wastes so much time with this shit…
Get out of here. This is serious foreign interference how the hell can you disparage this.
Nah, I generally support Kwan but this report is some NED funded propaganda, as was a lot of what China Action did before it became Safeguard Defenders. The Canadian government should have internal processes for protecting against foreign interference, but you can’t go wasting resources chasing every scare report the NED funds. Go read the actual report and you’ll see it wastes no time getting into very heavy handed bias and manipulative framing. The RCMP and CSIS can do their own work on whatever is really going on in Canada at a hopefully much higher standard.
Why should I worry about this shit when the IDF has government funded recruitment terror schools on our soil?
You’re only capable of caring about one thing at a time? Life must be tough for you. Sorry to hear it, little buddy.
Because this hurts real people at the moment
