Over a Dozen Countries Investigate China’s Undeclared Police Stations


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Canadian police put out a call for witnesses on Tuesday as part an investigation into "police service centers" allegedly sponsored by Beijing to target would-be criminals outside China's borders. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the probe involved "possible foreign actor interference" at undeclared police offices in the Greater Toronto Area. In a September report, Spain-based NGO Safeguard Defenders said it had identified three such locations operating in Canada's populous financial hub. The nonprofit, which tracks the disappearance of dissidents in China, said the "overseas police service centers" were an extension of Chinese municipal public security bureaus, which pressure Chinese...