WASHINGTON: After securing the third term, Chinese President Xi Jinping thought he could expand his influence across the globe but started on a negative note as FBI counterintelligence raided a building in offices in New York that would have been used as a secret Chinese “police” train station, according to epardafas.com.
The raid took place at the US headquarters of the “Changle Association”, a non-profit organization that helps Chinese nationals in New York.
According to the Nepali website, the former chairman of the group was Lu Jianshun, who in 2021 donated $4,000 to Eric Adams’ mayoral campaign, epardafas.com reported citing The New York Times.
The Chinese secret police were located on the third floor of the organization’s building and their unit is linked to unit code 11-Overseas, based in China’s Fujian province.
Interestingly, after the FBI revealed the receptionist at the acupuncturist’s office about the “secret police station”, the person in charge seemed to be surprised.
At the time of the visit, the station was closed, and locals they spoke with said it was rarely open.
According to epardafas.com, the existence of Chinese police stations in the United States and elsewhere is due to reports by Safeguard Defenders, a human rights organization based in Europe.
In September last year, Madrid-based Safeguard Defenders published its 110 Overseas – China’s Transnational Policing Gone Wild investigation, followed later by case studies of how these stations had been used in persuasion operations in Spain and Serbia, reported the New York Times (NYT). .
This report was followed by a statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry which apparently admitted to using such persuasion operations overseas, even in countries that have extradition treaties.
According to the NYT, the investigation follows Safeguard Defenders’ broader report on the growing use of illegal extrajudicial mechanisms to return individuals to China against their will through various forms of pressure, often involving the use of threats and harassment against family members. domicile or directly against the person concerned abroad.
The raid took place at the US headquarters of the “Changle Association”, a non-profit organization that helps Chinese nationals in New York.
According to the Nepali website, the former chairman of the group was Lu Jianshun, who in 2021 donated $4,000 to Eric Adams’ mayoral campaign, epardafas.com reported citing The New York Times.
The Chinese secret police were located on the third floor of the organization’s building and their unit is linked to unit code 11-Overseas, based in China’s Fujian province.
Interestingly, after the FBI revealed the receptionist at the acupuncturist’s office about the “secret police station”, the person in charge seemed to be surprised.
At the time of the visit, the station was closed, and locals they spoke with said it was rarely open.
According to epardafas.com, the existence of Chinese police stations in the United States and elsewhere is due to reports by Safeguard Defenders, a human rights organization based in Europe.
In September last year, Madrid-based Safeguard Defenders published its 110 Overseas – China’s Transnational Policing Gone Wild investigation, followed later by case studies of how these stations had been used in persuasion operations in Spain and Serbia, reported the New York Times (NYT). .
This report was followed by a statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry which apparently admitted to using such persuasion operations overseas, even in countries that have extradition treaties.
According to the NYT, the investigation follows Safeguard Defenders’ broader report on the growing use of illegal extrajudicial mechanisms to return individuals to China against their will through various forms of pressure, often involving the use of threats and harassment against family members. domicile or directly against the person concerned abroad.
