FBI investigates unauthorized Chinese police station in US

In USA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, Director Christopher Wray said that the agency is investigating the operation of an unauthorized police station that China is running out of New York as part of a global network of such stations.

He said that the United States is deeply concerned about the Chinese government setting up unauthorized police stations in US cities to possibly pursue influence operations.

The FBI Director said that such an uncoordinated law enforcement operation violates



sovereignty and circumvents standard judicial and law enforcement cooperation processes.

Earlier in September, a Europe-based human rights organization published a report revealing the presence of dozens of Chinese police service stations in major cities around the world, including New York.

The report also said, the stations were an extension of Beijing's efforts to pressure some Chinese nationals or their relatives abroad to return to China to face criminal charges.