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Ladybbird · 18-11-22, 14:06

Reports of SECRET Chinese Police Stations in US Worry FBI

Number of Uncovered Chinese Police Stations Around The World 'Growing'

The FBI is "concerned" by reports that secret "police stations" linked to China have been set up across the US.

BBC News 18 NOV 2022.

A September report issued by the NGO Safeguard Defenders revealed the presence of these stations around the world, including in New York.

The FBI's director, Christopher Wray, told senior politicians that the agency was monitoring reports of such centres across the country.

"We are aware of the existence of these stations," Mr Wray said.

"To me, it is outrageous to think that the Chinese police would attempt to set up shop, you know, in New York, let's say, without proper coordination," he added. "It violates sovereignty and circumvents standard judicial and law enforcement cooperation processes."

Asked if the stations violated US law, Mr Wray said the FBI was "looking into the legal parameters".

The senior intelligence official was speaking at a US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, where he was grilled by senior lawmakers.

According to the Spain-based NGO Safeguard Defenders, Chinese public security bureaus established the "overseas police service stations" in several continents, including two in London and one in Glasgow. In North America, it found stations in Toronto and in New York.

The units were reportedly created to tackle transnational crime and to provide administrative services to Chinese nationals abroad, such as renewing drivers' licences abroad and other consular services.

However, Safeguard Defenders said they also serve a "more sinister goal", by contributing to "cracking down on all kinds of illegal and criminal activities involving overseas Chinese".

Chia has denied running the overseas stations.

Mr Wray said the United States had opened a number of charges related to the Chinese government harassing, stalking, monitoring and blackmailing people in the US who had been critical of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

"It's a real problem and something that we're talking with our foreign partners about, as well, because we're not the only country where this has occurred," he said.

In October, the US unsealed criminal charges against seven Chinese nationals accused of spying on and harassing a US resident and his family as part of efforts by the Chinese government to return one of them to China.

Last month, one of the Chinese "police stations" in the centre of the Irish capital Dublin was ordered to close by the government as a result of Safeguard Defenders' work.

And Canadian intelligence officials recently said they were investigating accusations that China had opened unofficial "police" stations on Canadian soil.

Ladybbird · 11-12-22, 09:13

Italy Accused of Allowing Secret Chinese Police

Italy Accused of Turning a Blind Eye to Clandestine Chinese Police Stations

BBC News 11 DEC 2022.

Italy has been accused of turning a blind eye to secret Chinese “police stations” that have been set up in cities across the country allegedly to intimidate and harass Chinese migrant communities.

A report published this week by Safeguard Defenders, a human rights organisation, claimed that Beijing has established more than 100 offices in 53 countries as part of a global underground network designed to target Chinese dissidents living abroad.

Italy was reportedly used as a testing ground for the scheme and is said to be home to 11 “police stations” - the largest number in any one country - located in Milan, Rome, Sicily and elsewhere.

But while countries such as the UK, Germany, Spain, the US, Canada and New Zealand have announced national investigations into the claims, Italy’s interior minister instead attempted to brush off the concerns, saying police and intelligence services were “monitoring” the issue.

Questioned in Parliament on Wednesday, Matteo Piantedosi insisted only one credible “police station” had been discovered - in Prato, Florence - but that it had closed and “no longer appears to provide” the claimed services.

He added that investigations were “still in progress,” but that “there are currently no so-called service centres similar to the one in Prato in Rome, Florence, Bolzano.”

Mr Piantedosi said he would “not exclude” enforcing sanctions if any illegality was found.

Ladybbird · 19-04-23, 05:28

FBI Makes Arrests Over Alleged SECRET Chinese Police Stations in New York

US prosecutors have arrested two men in New York for allegedly operating a Chinese "secret police station" in Manhattan's Chinatown neighbourhood.

BBC News 19 APR 2023

Lu Jianwang, 61, and Chen Jinping, 59, both New York City residents, face charges of conspiring to act as agents for China and obstruction of justice.

They are expected to appear in a federal court in Brooklyn on Monday.

China has previously denied operating the stations, calling them "service centres" for nationals overseas.

Mr Lu of the Bronx and Mr Chen of Manhattan worked together to establish the first overseas police station in the United States on behalf of China's Ministry of Public Security, the US Department of Justice alleged on Monday.

The outpost was closed in autumn of 2022, the department said, after those involved became aware of an FBI investigation into the station.

"This prosecution reveals the Chinese government's flagrant violation of our nation's sovereignty by establishing a secret police station in the middle of New York City," said Breon Pearce, the top prosecutor in Brooklyn.

The stations are believed to be among at least 100 operating across the globe in 53 countries, including the UK and the Netherlands. And last month, Canada's federal police announced an investigation into two Montreal-area sites thought to be police outposts.

Lu Jianwang attends a Brooklyn courthouse

"The PRC's [People's Republic of China] actions go far beyond the bounds of acceptable nation-state conduct. We will resolutely defend the freedoms of all those living in our country from the threat of authoritarian repression," said assistant attorney general Matthew Olsen, from the Justice Department's National Security Division.

According to prosecutors, Mr Lu was closely connected to Chinese law enforcement, and was enlisted to help China with "repressive activities" in the US beginning in 2015, including harassing Chinese dissidents.

In 2018, he allegedly participated in efforts to push a purported Chinese fugitive to return to China, including repeated harassment and threats to the individual and his family, living in China and the US. And prosecutors said he was also enlisted to locate a pro-democracy activist in China. Mr Lu denied these actions when confronted by US authorities.

He and Mr Chen were questioned by authorities in October 2022, when the FBI conducted a search of the suspected station. Their phones were seized as part of the search and both men admitted they had deleted communication with an official from China's Ministry of Public Security who was allegedly directing their behaviour in the US, prosecutors alleged.

If convicted, both Mr Lu and Mr Chen face up to 25 years in prison.

Chinese embassies in the US and Canada have said the locations are "overseas service stations'' opened during the pandemic to assist nationals abroad with driver's licence renewal and similar matters.

But human rights groups have accused China of using the outposts to threaten and monitor Chinese nationals abroad.

Last month, the Canada's federal force asked Chinese Canadians who may have been targeted by threats from "alleged Chinese police stations" to come forward.

"We're in the process of making sure the RCMP is following up on this and that our intelligence systems are taking this seriously," Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.

FBI Director Christopher Wray said last November that his agency was monitoring reports of such stations, calling them a "real problem".

"To me, it is outrageous to think that the Chinese police would attempt to set up shop, you know, in New York, let's say, without proper co-ordination," Mr Wray said. "It violates sovereignty and circumvents standard judicial and law enforcement co-operation processes."

In a separate complaint unveiled by US officials on Monday, 34 officers from China's Ministry of Public Security were charged with using fake social media accounts to harass Chinese dissidents in the US and spread official Chinese government propaganda.

Prosecutors said all of the accused belong to an elite task force known as the 912 Special Project Working Group, whose purpose is to "target Chinese dissidents located throughout the world, including in the United States".

"As alleged, the PRC government deploys its national police and the 912 Special Project Working Group not as an instrument to uphold the law and protect public safety, but rather as a troll farm that attacks persons in our country for exercising free speech," US Attorney Peace said.

All 34 of these defendants are believed to live in China or elsewhere in Asia.

MORE

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Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 45,756 Thanks: 27,356 Thanked 14,447 Times in 10,253 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	FBI Makes Arrests Over SECRET Chinese Police Stations in New York Reports of SECRET Chinese Police Stations in US Worry FBI Number of Uncovered Chinese Police Stations Around The World 'Growing' The FBI is "concerned" by reports that secret "police stations" linked to China have been set up across the US. BBC News 18 NOV 2022. A September report issued by the NGO Safeguard Defenders revealed the presence of these stations around the world, including in New York. The FBI's director, Christopher Wray, told senior politicians that the agency was monitoring reports of such centres across the country. "We are aware of the existence of these stations," Mr Wray said. "To me, it is outrageous to think that the Chinese police would attempt to set up shop, you know, in New York, let's say, without proper coordination," he added. "It violates sovereignty and circumvents standard judicial and law enforcement cooperation processes." Asked if the stations violated US law, Mr Wray said the FBI was "looking into the legal parameters". The senior intelligence official was speaking at a US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, where he was grilled by senior lawmakers. According to the Spain-based NGO Safeguard Defenders, Chinese public security bureaus established the "overseas police service stations" in several continents, including two in London and one in Glasgow. In North America, it found stations in Toronto and in New York. The units were reportedly created to tackle transnational crime and to provide administrative services to Chinese nationals abroad, such as renewing drivers' licences abroad and other consular services. However, Safeguard Defenders said they also serve a "more sinister goal", by contributing to "cracking down on all kinds of illegal and criminal activities involving overseas Chinese". Chia has denied running the overseas stations. Mr Wray said the United States had opened a number of charges related to the Chinese government harassing, stalking, monitoring and blackmailing people in the US who had been critical of Chinese President Xi Jinping. "It's a real problem and something that we're talking with our foreign partners about, as well, because we're not the only country where this has occurred," he said. In October, the US unsealed criminal charges against seven Chinese nationals accused of spying on and harassing a US resident and his family as part of efforts by the Chinese government to return one of them to China. Last month, one of the Chinese "police stations" in the centre of the Irish capital Dublin was ordered to close by the government as a result of Safeguard Defenders' work. And Canadian intelligence officials recently said they were investigating accusations that China had opened unofficial "police" stations on Canadian soil. __________________ Nil Carborundum Illegitemi My Advice is Free My Friendship is Priceless..> IF YOU WANT TO POST ON THIS SITE YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES SECTION.YOU CAN THEN POST IN ANY THREAD-SPAM=BAN! MANBABY 'THE END IS NIGH FOR ME' PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...

11-12-22, 09:13	#2
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 45,756 Thanks: 27,356 Thanked 14,447 Times in 10,253 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	Re: SECRET Chinese Police in The World-Italy Allows Chinese Police Stations Italy Accused of Allowing Secret Chinese Police Italy Accused of Turning a Blind Eye to Clandestine Chinese Police Stations BBC News 11 DEC 2022. Italy has been accused of turning a blind eye to secret Chinese “police stations” that have been set up in cities across the country allegedly to intimidate and harass Chinese migrant communities. A report published this week by Safeguard Defenders, a human rights organisation, claimed that Beijing has established more than 100 offices in 53 countries as part of a global underground network designed to target Chinese dissidents living abroad. Italy was reportedly used as a testing ground for the scheme and is said to be home to 11 “police stations” - the largest number in any one country - located in Milan, Rome, Sicily and elsewhere. But while countries such as the UK, Germany, Spain, the US, Canada and New Zealand have announced national investigations into the claims, Italy’s interior minister instead attempted to brush off the concerns, saying police and intelligence services were “monitoring” the issue. Questioned in Parliament on Wednesday, Matteo Piantedosi insisted only one credible “police station” had been discovered - in Prato, Florence - but that it had closed and “no longer appears to provide” the claimed services. He added that investigations were “still in progress,” but that “there are currently no so-called service centres similar to the one in Prato in Rome, Florence, Bolzano.” Mr Piantedosi said he would “not exclude” enforcing sanctions if any illegality was found. __________________ Nil Carborundum Illegitemi My Advice is Free My Friendship is Priceless..> IF YOU WANT TO POST ON THIS SITE YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES SECTION.YOU CAN THEN POST IN ANY THREAD-SPAM=BAN! MANBABY 'THE END IS NIGH FOR ME' PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...

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Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 45,756 Thanks: 27,356 Thanked 14,447 Times in 10,253 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	Re: FBI Makes Arrests Over SECRET Chinese Police Stations in New York FBI Makes Arrests Over Alleged SECRET Chinese Police Stations in New York US prosecutors have arrested two men in New York for allegedly operating a Chinese "secret police station" in Manhattan's Chinatown neighbourhood. BBC News 19 APR 2023 Lu Jianwang, 61, and Chen Jinping, 59, both New York City residents, face charges of conspiring to act as agents for China and obstruction of justice. They are expected to appear in a federal court in Brooklyn on Monday. China has previously denied operating the stations, calling them "service centres" for nationals overseas. Mr Lu of the Bronx and Mr Chen of Manhattan worked together to establish the first overseas police station in the United States on behalf of China's Ministry of Public Security, the US Department of Justice alleged on Monday. The outpost was closed in autumn of 2022, the department said, after those involved became aware of an FBI investigation into the station. "This prosecution reveals the Chinese government's flagrant violation of our nation's sovereignty by establishing a secret police station in the middle of New York City," said Breon Pearce, the top prosecutor in Brooklyn. The stations are believed to be among at least 100 operating across the globe in 53 countries, including the UK and the Netherlands. And last month, Canada's federal police announced an investigation into two Montreal-area sites thought to be police outposts. Lu Jianwang attends a Brooklyn courthouse "The PRC's [People's Republic of China] actions go far beyond the bounds of acceptable nation-state conduct. We will resolutely defend the freedoms of all those living in our country from the threat of authoritarian repression," said assistant attorney general Matthew Olsen, from the Justice Department's National Security Division. According to prosecutors, Mr Lu was closely connected to Chinese law enforcement, and was enlisted to help China with "repressive activities" in the US beginning in 2015, including harassing Chinese dissidents. In 2018, he allegedly participated in efforts to push a purported Chinese fugitive to return to China, including repeated harassment and threats to the individual and his family, living in China and the US. And prosecutors said he was also enlisted to locate a pro-democracy activist in China. Mr Lu denied these actions when confronted by US authorities. He and Mr Chen were questioned by authorities in October 2022, when the FBI conducted a search of the suspected station. Their phones were seized as part of the search and both men admitted they had deleted communication with an official from China's Ministry of Public Security who was allegedly directing their behaviour in the US, prosecutors alleged. If convicted, both Mr Lu and Mr Chen face up to 25 years in prison. Chinese embassies in the US and Canada have said the locations are "overseas service stations'' opened during the pandemic to assist nationals abroad with driver's licence renewal and similar matters. But human rights groups have accused China of using the outposts to threaten and monitor Chinese nationals abroad. Last month, the Canada's federal force asked Chinese Canadians who may have been targeted by threats from "alleged Chinese police stations" to come forward. "We're in the process of making sure the RCMP is following up on this and that our intelligence systems are taking this seriously," Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. FBI Director Christopher Wray said last November that his agency was monitoring reports of such stations, calling them a "real problem". "To me, it is outrageous to think that the Chinese police would attempt to set up shop, you know, in New York, let's say, without proper co-ordination," Mr Wray said. "It violates sovereignty and circumvents standard judicial and law enforcement co-operation processes." In a separate complaint unveiled by US officials on Monday, 34 officers from China's Ministry of Public Security were charged with using fake social media accounts to harass Chinese dissidents in the US and spread official Chinese government propaganda. Prosecutors said all of the accused belong to an elite task force known as the 912 Special Project Working Group, whose purpose is to "target Chinese dissidents located throughout the world, including in the United States". "As alleged, the PRC government deploys its national police and the 912 Special Project Working Group not as an instrument to uphold the law and protect public safety, but rather as a troll farm that attacks persons in our country for exercising free speech," US Attorney Peace said. All 34 of these defendants are believed to live in China or elsewhere in Asia. MORE *Americans in the crosshairs of China's spy game* __________________ Nil Carborundum Illegitemi My Advice is Free My Friendship is Priceless..> IF YOU WANT TO POST ON THIS SITE YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES SECTION.YOU CAN THEN POST IN ANY THREAD-SPAM=BAN! MANBABY 'THE END IS NIGH FOR ME' PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...

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