Chinese ‘Police Overseas Service Station’ in Ireland Removes Sign, While Feds Investigate Similar Offices in Canada
An unofficial Chinese police station in Dublin removed its signage in recent days after the Irish government began questioning the local Chinese embassy about the station’s activities. The development comes as reports about three similar stations in Canada are being investigated by the federal government.
The sign at the Dublin office read, “Fuzhou Police Overseas Service Station,” followed by “Dublin, Ireland.”
The police stations are among the more than 50 outposts established by two provincial-level police agencies in China, according to a recent report released by Safeguard Defenders. The Spain-based human rights NGO was investigating Beijing’s claims that 230,000 Chinese diasporas were “persuaded” into returning to China via an anti-fraud program supported by some of these alleged unofficial police stations….