Alleged Chinese Police Stations in Canada: How Did They Get Here? And Why Aren’t They Shut Down Yet?

It took a European NGO to raise the alarm about the existence of these centres, and for governments to talk about them

, --November 3, 2022

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Of all the countries where China has purportedly set up unofficial police stations, only Ireland and the Netherlands have so far ordered the stations to be closed. Authorities in other countries, including in Canada, have at most said they are “investigating” the issue. This came after a Spanish NGO, Safeguard Defenders, published a report in September alerting countries like Canada to these stations on their soil. The station in Dublin, Ireland, displayed a public sign, “Fuzhou Police Overseas Service Station.” Other stations, such as the reported three in Toronto, are more subtle.-- More...

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