Spread of Chinese ‘overseas police service stations’ around the world raises concerns among human rights campaigners
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But globally, the emergence of these stations have caused serious concern among human rights campaigners who fear Chinese security services are using them as a way of monitoring and controlling China’s large diaspora. In 2018, a Chinese national accused of theft was identified by a Chinese police service station in Belgrade, Serbia as living in the country. According to Chinese government documents, the man was brought to the service station where he communicated with police back home over video-link. He initially did not want to return but after a week of talking to police, he agreed to come back to China. The Chinese police pointed to the operation as an example of the system’s success.
Another account boasts of the authorities’ ability to carry out “systematic inspections” abroad and ensure the “smooth surrender” of Chinese criminals using the stations. In a new report on the stations, Safeguard Defenders said “persuasion” tactics used by Chinese police on overseas residents “eschew official bilateral police and judicial co-operation and violate the international rule of law”.
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