Germany has urged China to shut down illegal overseas police stations that German authorities suspect are being used by the Beijing government to control and intimidate overseas Chinese migrants..
Germany has been in talks with the Chinese government to end deals since November, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Andrea Sasse told reporters in Berlin on Monday.. In February, the Chinese government denied that illegal police stations were operating in Germany, Sasse said.. However, Beijing has admitted to running so-called service stations in Germany, which it has promised to shut down..
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Despite the promise, China still maintains at least two mobile police stations in Germany, which are closely monitored by local authorities, interior ministry spokesman Maximilian Kall told a conference..
The security authorities closely monitor these activities, as well as other activities of foreign states in Germany.. And that's especially true for these overseas police stations," "
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Germany is working closely with the United States and other European Union member states on this issue and on how to better address the extraterritorial activities of Chinese security agencies, Sasse said.. Berlin is also in talks with China on the issue, she added..
" “The Chinese Embassy in Germany has repeatedly repeated these facts and our position to the relevant German authorities.. We can only expect that the German side will treat this objectively and leave no room for further speculation..
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China's overseas police stations are often linked to Chinese security officials, Kalla said.. The concern is not about shutting down traditional police stations, Cull added, but about persuading the people involved to stop participating in illegal activities abroad..
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In April, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted two Chinese citizens for attempting to set up an overseas police station in New York on behalf of the Fuzhou branch of the Chinese Ministry of Public Security..