Report: At least two Chinese police stations discovered in Canada . Total number of documented stations now stands at 102 in 53 countries .
Ottawa, Canada, December 6: According to a recent report released on Monday by the Spanish non-governmental group Patrol and Persuade, dozens of additional Chinese police service centres have been discovered around the world, including at least two in Canada, according to a human rights organization study.The total number of documented stations now stands at 102 in 53 countries, according to CTV News, which is based in Spain.This came at the end of a total of 54 stations identified in September, raising the total number of documented centres in 53 countries to 102.Safeguard Defenders article says that some host countries have cooperated in the establishment of these centers, citing Safeguard Defenders, according to the report.
The report also revealed that the newly identified centers in Vancouver, which are located in Wenzhou, are located in Nantong.The RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police), in a statement to CTV National News on Monday, said it was investigating reports of unlawful conduct in connection with the so-called police stations.According to CTV News, the police force made a similar statement to CP24 in late October, saying that the stations were to help Chinese citizens renew their drivers licences, because many of them are unable to return to China due to the COVID-19 epidemic, and that the local volunteers who facilitate this are not Chinese police officers.Safeguard Defenders said that among the techniques used were denial of children in China the right to education and punishing relatives by association. When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to the House of Commons in November, his office said he had expressed concern about Chinese President Xi Jinping's interference in Canada.The CTV News article stated that Safeguard Defenders had discovered a total of 48 Chinese police service stations in 53 countries, including a residential home and a single-story commercial building in Markham, Ontario, which was reportedly under scrutiny by the RCMP.The article said no one from the Chinese Embassy was immediately available to answer questions regarding the new data, but that it had previously described the offices as volunteer-run service stations for processes such as drivers licenses at a station in Paris, and that the Nantong police system has assisted in 80 cases of capture or persuasion to return, according to CBC News.The RCMP launched an investigation into the Toronto-based stations for reports of criminal activity in relation to the so-called police stations in September