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China not only monitors the speech of oversea Chinese students, but also coerces them to as internet undercover agents

(29 Oct) LI TaoTao (LI), a aged-20 Chinese student currently in US-Washington, has received lots of video calls from China PRC-National Security Bureau (NSB) in midnights since Jun 2020.

LI came from a northern city in China and studying aboard in United States now. He always criticized the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on his social medias accounts, i.e Instagram, twitter and a discussion platform for talking about China democracy.

In Jun 2020, NSB firstly approached him for the purpose to threaten him not to talk about CCP on social media anymore, by endangering his parents who are residing in China. NSB confiscated the passports of his parents indeed.

A call record was furnished by LI to the Voice to America (VOA), the content is about that NSB called LI soon later and requested LI to retain one of his three social media accounts by monitoring the speech therein, NSB told LI that he could be free of his criminal liability by doing so. NSB told LI that his offence is “Anti-Chinese”, but the NSB caller was never able to clearly explain the offence in detail committed by LI. LI opined it was unreasonable that he only criticised Chinese government on the social media, that was irrelevant with “Anti-Chinese”.

VOA found there are many cases similars with LI in the United States. The Chinese government has closely monitored and threatened many Chinese citizen in the United States for a long period of time; which raised the awareness and concerns from the US Governments.

In 2018, local governments in China have increasing their involvements in the overseas affairs of Chinese students or activities, causing by Central government requested local governments to strictly manage its own local citizens in 2005; which was shared by CHEN Yonglin to VOA. CHEN is a former China diplomat who sparked fears of diplomatic incident through his defection to Australia in 2005.

On 28 Oct 2020, US Government officially announced that NACPU, an Organization controlled by China, was categorized as “foreign mission”. Before that, Washington had already classified many Chinese medias in US and Confucius Institutes US Centers as “foreign mission”.

In the same week of 28 Oct, US’s News-week publicized the result of its 4-months investigation that: Around 600 Organizations in US are confirmed in connection with the overseas influenced activities arranged by China. These Organizations attempted to create US community splits and incite crisis before the US election 2020. Professionals described such election related-activities revealed by News-week were just the tips of the iceberg.

Source: Voice Of America
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Translated by: Hong Kong Echo

#China #OverseaStudent #InternetMonitor #Arrest #US #ForeignMission
#Newspaper

Chinese human rights activist Zhang Wuzhou was prosecuted with disturbing social orders, and trial begins next tuesday

(20 Nov) Chinese human right activist Zhang Wuzhou was arrested, as she was displaying slogan 'never forget June 4, no evil law' to commemorate the June 4, 1989 incident and show support for Hong Kong's resistance against the National Security Law on the streets in Guangzhou, China. The trial will open next Tuesday in the Court in Guangdong Yuanqing city Qingcheng district. The Procuratorate described that Zhang has no regards to the national laws and shall be punished severely.

The Procuratorate pointed out, in the prosecution letter, that Zhang displayed the slogan in Guangzhou Baiyunshan park on 4 June, and sent the footages and photos to wechat groups, twitters and facebook. She refused to sign on documents, destoyed evidence, slapped the police, and refused to cooperate with the body check at detention facility.

The prosecutor believed that she was obstructing the public servants to execute their duties using violent means, speading fake information, causing disturbance and chaos to social orders. And she shall be charged with disturbing social orders and obstructing government administration.

Source: Radio Television Hong Kong

Translated by: Hong Kong Echo

#China #June4 #HumanRightsActivist #Arrest #Prosecut #ZhangWuzhou
AP News: the family members of the dissidents claimed to have been secretly detained by Chinese government in Dubai; may be the first evidence to establish a “black site” outside of China 
 
AP News reported, Chinese dissidents Wang Jingyu’s fiancée Wu Huan stated, she was arrested by the local police in Dubai, a major city in UAE in June this year. Ans she was jailed in a detention facility which operates by Chinese government. The report stated, this could be the first evidence to prove China has operating “Black Site” outside the country, which reflected that China will arrest dissidents and minority overseas.  
 
According to The Voice of Germany, Wu Huan’s fiancé Wang Jingyu was persecuted by police as he supports Hong Kong protest in 2019. Wang who was 17, was being sent oversea for security. Wang questioned the Chinese official media about the authenticity of reports on deaths and injuries in the Sino-Indian conflict in February this year, and criticized the CCP, which caused the wanted by Chinese police.  
 
Source: Stand News #Aug17

https://bit.ly/3mKap4N

#China #Dubai #DetentionCamp #CCP #Dissidents #BlackSite #HongKongProtest #HumanRight #Arrest  
Morocco authorities arrest Uyghur activist at China’s request

Moroccan authorities have arrested a Uyghur activist in exile because of a Chinese terrorism warrant distributed by Interpol, according to information from Moroccan police and a rights group that tracks people detained by China.

Activists fear Yidiresi Aishan will be extradited to China and say the arrest is politically driven as part of a broader Chinese campaign to hunt down perceived dissidents outside its borders.

Morocco’s national security directorate said on Tuesday that a Chinese citizen was arrested after landing at Mohammed V international airport in Casablanca on 20 July, upon arrival from Istanbul.

Source: The Guardian #Jul28

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/28/morocco-authorities-arrest-uyghur-activist-at-chinas-request

#Moroccan #Uyghur #China #Arrest
#Court
Hong Kong Court-apported liquidator attempts to take control of the
#AppleDailyTaiwan Assets

On November 26, 2021, the Taiwan based Economic Democracy Union (#EDU) warned potential breaches of human rights and national security ramifications after a Hong Kong court-appointed liquidator sought permission to order Taiwan-based #AppleDaily and #NextMagazine to turn over all of their assets.

The union, a consortium of non-governmental organizations, urged the Taiwan government to take immediate action to ensure that Hong Kong’s #NationalSecurityLaw would have no foothold in #Taiwan.

According to a lawyer of the EDU, Taiwan would be in its rights to ignore the demands because they have not been reviewed by Taiwanese courts, and because Taiwanese courts can decline to enforce foreign laws.

Likewise, the EDU has framed the issue as significant in needing to prevent the Hong Kong National Security Law from encroaching upon Taiwanese sovereignty. The EDU also emphasized the potential dangers if the Apple Daily turned over information to Hong Kong authorities as a result of the seizure of its assets.

The liquidator is court-appointed, following the Apple Daily’s closure in June 2021. Hong Kong courts also froze 18 million Hong Kong dollars in company funds, preventing it from paying its workers, not long after courts moved to freeze assets of company CEO #JimmyLai.

Source: RFI; #Nov26

https://www.rfi.fr/cn/%E6%B8%AF%E6%BE%B3%E5%8F%B0/20211126-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%B8%85%E7%9B%A4%E5%AE%98%E4%BF%83-%E5%8F%B0%E8%98%8B-%E4%BA%A4%E8%B3%87%E7%94%A2-%E6%B0%91%E5%9C%98%E6%86%82%E6%B3%84%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E%E6%9D%90%E6%96%99-%E6%9B%B4%E6%81%90%E5%9C%8B%E5%AE%89%E6%B3%95%E5%9C%A8%E5%8F%B0%E6%8F%92%E8%B6%B3

#PoliceState #Assets #Liquidation #Arrest #CrossStraits
#Taiwan Condemns Hong Kong Authorities' Crackdown on #StandNews

On December 29, 2021, Taiwan's three major political parties all issued statements in response to Hong Kong Police's crackdown on Stand News, expressing their concern and condemnation.

Taiwan's ruling party, the Democratic Progressive Party (#DPP), expressed "indignation and resentment" at the Hong Kong police's flagrant actions, searching media offices and arresting promoters of freedom and democracy. They consider these acts as strangling Hong Kong's freedom of expression and creating a chilling effect among media and public opinion. The DPP calls on the international community and Taiwan to continue observing Hong Kong's development.

The statement by New Power Party (#NPP) calls the actions by Hong Kong's national security police "disproportional", causing serious damage to the freedom of press, and effectively nullifies the rights laid out in the Basic Law: "Hong Kong residents shall have freedom of speech, of the press and of publication; freedom of association, of assembly, of procession and of demonstration; and the right and freedom to form and join trade unions, and to strike."

#Kuomintang, Taiwan's current opposition party, expressed deep concern that the authorities shut down a media company that spoke up for different public opinions and upheld principles of democracy, freedom, and human rights. They called on Chinese authorities to respect the younger generation's view of democratic values and freedom of speech. As Hong Kong had been the revolutionary headquarter of Dr Sun Yat-sen, the founding father of modern China, Hong Kong's democracy and freedom are deeply tied to the pursuit of democracy and freedom on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

Source: Citizen News; Liberty Times #Dec29
https://www.facebook.com/366243453719070/posts/1618965958446807/

https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/3784313

#Media #PoliticalOppression #PressFreedom #Arrest #Regime #PoliceState #PoliticalProsecution
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen urges Beijing not to misjudge the situation in New Year speech

In Taipei, President Tsai Ing-wen delivered a New Year's speech in which she reiterated her concern about the situation in Hong Kong and stressed that the military was not an option for resolving cross-strait differences, urging Beijing not to misjudge the situation.

In her 2022 New Year's speech at the presidential palace, Tsai Ing-wen set out the four main plans for her administration this year, including continuation on global engagement, maintaining the economic momentum, strengthening the social security network, and safeguarding Taiwan's sovereignty.

She said that the interference in the election of the Hong Kong Legislative Council and the arrest of media personnel had raised concerns about human rights and freedom of speech in Hong Kong.

"The pursuit of democracy and freedom is not a crime, and Taiwan's position in support of Hong Kong will not change. Aside from showing our concern, we will cherish our own hard-earned freedom and democracy even more deeply", Tsai said.

Source: Now News #Jan01

https://news.now.com/home/international/player?newsId=461848&refer=Share

#Taiwan #TsaiIngWen #LegislativeCouncil #Election #TheStandNews #Arrest #PressFreedom

[Translator note: Some wordings are following the report from Focus Taiwan, a CNA English News agency]
#Arrest #Suppression #PoliceState
75yo activist remains in custody until April on inciting subversion charge

Hong Kong activist Koo Sze-yiu appeared before a national security judge in the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts on February 5, the day after he was arrested for inciting subversion.

Read more on his arrest:
Hong Kong National Police arrested social activists before a planned Winter Olympics demonstration
https://publielectoral.lat/BeWaterHK/61

As Koo stepped into the defendant’s dock, he tried to wave and thank his supporters in the courtroom, but was immediately stopped by court security.

Later on when the magistrate asked Koo whether he understood the charges against him, Koo shouted, “Human rights rank above the right of states, and the people are more important than the state. I am not guilty.”

He was soon interrupted by the judge and ordered to cease shouting.

Without a legal representative, Koo applied for bail on his own, and was denied. He was not required to enter a plea as the Judge adjourned the case to April 1, 2022. Koo would be remanded in custody until then.

#KooSzeYiu #NSL #Subversion #BeijingWinterOlympics

Source: InmediaHK; #Feb6
https://bit.ly/3rsxwmp
Forwarded from China in Focus - NTD
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The DOJ's now-ended China initiative sees one of its most high-profile sentences yet. A former #Harvard scientist is headed for house #arrest after six felony counts for hiding his ties to a Chinese university. He worked with the institute through Beijing's infamous Thousand Talents program, later admitting aspirations for a Nobel prize.

https://ept.ms/HarvardProfSentenced_CIF