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2023-01-13 Home Front: Politix

FBI raids alleged Chinese police outpost in New York's Chinatown, report

[JustTheNews] Chinese officials have described the outposts as "overseas police service centers" that effectively collect intelligence and solve crimes.

FBI counterintelligence agents reportedly raided an office building that contained an alleged covert Chinese police outpost in New York's Chinatown.

The raid last fall was part of a criminal probe from the U.S. attorney's office in Brooklyn, according to people with knowledge of the investigation, The New York Times reported Thursday.

Beijing's outpost is one of more than 100 similar offices around the world suspected of carrying out police activities without jurisdiction or diplomatic authorization.

Officials in Ireland, Canada and the Netherlands have called for the Chinese Communist Party to end police activities in their countries.

"The F.B.I. raid is the first known example of the authorities seizing materials from one of the outposts," the Times stated.

The Chinese Embassy in Washington said volunteers run the outposts to assist Chinese nationals in tasks such as renewing their licenses in China.

"They are not police personnel from China," embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu said. "There is no need to make people nervous about this."

However, Chinese state media reports reviewed by the paper show that Chinese officials have described the outposts as "overseas police service centers" that effectively collect intelligence and solve crimes.

Netherlands-based Chinese dissident Lin Shengliang said he and other expats are concerned they are being tracked.

"I am extremely anxious about them," he said. "There are no channels to report this, and there’s nothing we can do about it."

China has a history of surveilling both dissidents and foreign citizens abroad. Last month, the FBI arrested a Chinese national for allegedly harassing a pro-Democracy activist from China at a Boston college. Meanwhile last year, the Federal Communications Commission called the popular Chinese-owned video platform TikTok "a sophisticated surveillance tool."

Posted by Skidmark 2023-01-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top
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#1 "The raid last fall..." And we hear about it now? America's STASI knows how to keep a secret from the American public.

Posted by Slavising Unineting5672 2023-01-13 07:22|| 2023-01-13 07:22|| Front Page Top

#2 OTOH, at least somebody in the organization is doing their real job.

Posted by James 2023-01-13 11:53|| https://idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2023-01-13 11:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Somehow, there was no perp-walk of news reporting, and they seized records, but no mention of arrests.
Somehow, my mind's eye sees a less than violent knock on the door, exchange of creds and professional courtesy. A Roger Stone/Mar-A-Lago style raid against a Chinese Intel Op location without prior notice might well get people killed.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-01-13 12:58|| 2023-01-13 12:58|| Front Page Top

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