Tue Sep 27, 2022 – 10:18 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – The Communist Chinese government is operating police “stations” in multiple locations in Canada that some have claimed serve to target its citizens abroad.
According to a Globe and Mail report, the stations are associated with the Fuzhou Public Security Bureau (PSB).
In Toronto alone, there are said to be three such stations in operation.
Officially, the Chinese government says these remote stations, of which there are more than 50 around the world, are meant to help its citizens in other countries should they be a target of crime.
However, an organization named Safeguard Defenders says that over 230,000 individuals have been, through these remote police stations, sent back to China, often under threat.
Safeguard Defenders say that tactics used include targeting the families in mainland China of those living abroad with threats such as denying students education, or even threatening to tear down one’s home for alleged crimes.
Noted Safeguard Defenders, “It leaves legal Chinese residents abroad fully exposed to extra-legal targeting by the Chinese police, with little to none of the protection theoretically ensured under both national and international law.”
According to Daria Impiombato, who
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