By Jason Loftus, Epoch Times Toronto staff
Friday, June 22, 2007
TORONTO--Chen Yonglin came to Canada with a package of secret government documents and some shocking allegations.
Canada, he said, is beset with Chinese spies, informants, and front organizations that do the bidding of the Chinese communist regime on Canadian soil.
Chen's statements, made during a nine-day visit to Canada that ended last week, ruffled the feathers of one organization in particular: the National Congress of Chinese Canadians.
According to Chen, who was the first secretary at the Chinese consulate in Sydney until he defected in 2005, the NCCC is at the top of a pyramid of groups set up by the Chinese embassy and consulates in Canada. Their goal, Chen says, is to control and influence the Chinese community and the Canadian government.
The NCCC regularly lobbies the Canadian government; its leaders campaign for chosen candidates in elections, and the organization has sought large government grants.
Not surprisingly, the NCCC did not like being labelled a front for a foreign communist power.
After Chen returned to Australia, the NCCC sent a strongly worded statement to Chinese-Canadian media denying Chen's claims.
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