For the First Time, Canada Acknowledges China’s Operation Fox Hunt Causes Threat, Urges Nationals to Report Cases
Following the US, the Canadian government has also acknowledged that China’s Operation Fox Hunt had been causing threats, pointing out that China targeted at individuals in the Chinese-Canadian Community through plainclothes national security personnel or “trusted agents”. The Canadian authority criticised this action as threatening to national security and Canada’s sovereignty and the safety of its people, and urged victims to report their cases.
In response to The Globe and Mail’s inquiry on China’s Operation Fox Hunt, John Townsend, the spokesperson of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, said that some countries, including China, routinely sent plainclothes national security personnel or “trusted agents” to other countries to make threats, silence dissidents or suppress political opponents, instilling fear in other countries. He said, “These activities constitute a threat to Canada’s sovereignty and to the safety of Canadians.”
Townsend refused to reveal the number of Canadians targeted by Operation Fox Hunt, but urged Chinese Canadians and local Chinese nationals to report any cases of threats or intimidations by China, “These individuals, for various reasons, may not have the means to protect themselves or do not know they can report these activities to Canadian authorities. The fear of state-backed or state-linked retribution targeting both them and their loved ones, in Canada and abroad, can force individuals to submit to foreign interference.”
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Following the US, the Canadian government has also acknowledged that China’s Operation Fox Hunt had been causing threats, pointing out that China targeted at individuals in the Chinese-Canadian Community through plainclothes national security personnel or “trusted agents”. The Canadian authority criticised this action as threatening to national security and Canada’s sovereignty and the safety of its people, and urged victims to report their cases.
In response to The Globe and Mail’s inquiry on China’s Operation Fox Hunt, John Townsend, the spokesperson of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, said that some countries, including China, routinely sent plainclothes national security personnel or “trusted agents” to other countries to make threats, silence dissidents or suppress political opponents, instilling fear in other countries. He said, “These activities constitute a threat to Canada’s sovereignty and to the safety of Canadians.”
Townsend refused to reveal the number of Canadians targeted by Operation Fox Hunt, but urged Chinese Canadians and local Chinese nationals to report any cases of threats or intimidations by China, “These individuals, for various reasons, may not have the means to protect themselves or do not know they can report these activities to Canadian authorities. The fear of state-backed or state-linked retribution targeting both them and their loved ones, in Canada and abroad, can force individuals to submit to foreign interference.”
#Canada #China #OperationFoxHunt #CSIS #JohnTownsend #CanadaSovereignty #CCP #NationalSecurity
Source: Apple Daly #Nov11
https://bit.ly/2WmBGMk