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Canadian police said on Tuesday they were investigating reports of Chinese “police service stations” operating in the Greater Toronto Area for possible interference in Canadian interests and threats to national security.
Canada joins countries including the United States and the Netherlands to launch such investigations after Safeguard Defenders, a Europe-based human rights organization, published a report in September revealing the presence of dozens of Chinese police “service stations” in major cities around the world.
The stations are an extension of Beijing’s efforts to pressure some Chinese nationals or their relatives abroad to return to China to face criminal charges, the report by Safeguard Defenders said.
