CCP Has Infiltrated All Walks of Life in UK, with HSBC and Standard Chartered Employing Over 600 Party Members

Source: Apple Daily #Dec13

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CCP Has Infiltrated All Walks of Life in UK, with HSBC and Standard Chartered Employing Over 600 Party Members

British media raises concerns about the China Communist Party (CCP) placing their members in foreign countries. Following the concern of the US intelligence on infiltration to US Democratic Party members by a Chinese spy, the British's Mail on Sunday claimed to have obtained nearly 2 million CCP members’ details, revealing that many of them are working in British academia and also in wide variation of industries, involving 79 thousand companies and their branches, such as HSBC, vaccine manufacturer Pfizer and AstraZeneca. Some of them even work in the British consulates, raising suspicions of espionage. The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) issued a short statement, describe the findings as disturbing. Some Australian parliament members have called on the government to find out whether CCP spies are infiltrating the Australian system.

A large amount of CCP member in HSBC, Standard Chartered, Pfizer and AstraZeneca

The Mail on Sunday reported that information on 1.95 million suspected CCP members, including their names, date of births, addresses and phone numbers, was circulated on Telegram. In September, a Chinese dissident forwarded this information to IPAC, which composed of cross-parties European and American parliamentarians. The Mail on Sunday recently analysed the data, finding that HSBC and Standard Chartered together employed more than 600 CCP members in the UK in 2016. It also reported that these two banks have long been criticised for their stance on dissidents issues in Hong Kong. Moreover, CCP members are also found to be employed in the defence industry including Boeing, Airbus, and Rolls-Royce. As for the pharmaceutical industry, Pfizer and AstraZeneca alone have already employed 123 CCP members.

The Mail on Sunday also discovered that many CCP members are working in foreign diplomatic organisations in China via a company called "The Shanghai Foreign Agency Service Corporation", which has a Chinese official background, and at least 249 CCP members were registered with the agency in 2016. The CCP also infiltrated into academics, that according to the British policy, overseas students not from the EU or the Five Eyes network are required to have an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate to enter. But it was found that some of the CCP members have been senior researchers in the UK top universities, participating in sensitive subject such as aerospace engineering.

#China #CCP #Infiltration #IPAC #MailOnSunday #Telegram #CCPmember #HSBC #StandardChartered #Pfizer #AstraZeneca #UK #Britain #ShanghaiForeignAgencyServiceCorporation #Spies

Source: Apple Daily #Dec13

https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201213/TZECVNNCEVCIHGYN7RCR5V5CRY/

A journalist in exile suspected of being kidnapped back to Iran across the border and being executed

Source: Stand News #Dec13

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A journalist in exile suspected of being kidnapped back to Iran across the border and being executed

Iran government sentenced the 47-year-old journalist Ruhollah Zam, who was once in exile to France, to death because of "corruption" on Saturday (12th December). The journalist was accused of cooperating with foreign intelligence departments, sharing protest information as well as making teachings on gasoline bombs on his Telegram channel. The French government, human rights organisations, Reporters Without Borders and Committee to Protect Journalists all condemned the execution, describing it as “a fatal blow to Iran’s freedom of speech”.

Zam fled to Paris after being accused of cooperating with foreign intelligence departments in 2009. He subsequently started operating website “AmadNews” and his telegram channel, having over 1 million followers. He shared Iran protest information and scandals of Iran officials on his channel in 2017, and tutorials for making gasoline bomb. Telegram has once blocked his channel due to complaints from the Iranian government.

#Iran #RuhollahZam #Journalist #Paris #FreedomofSpeech #Iranprotests #Telegram #InExile #AmadNews

Source: Stand News #Dec13

https://bit.ly/3orlO6I

#Court
Jimmy Lai and 7 democrats jailed for involvement in banned Tiananmen Massacre Vigil

#ErasingHistory #PoliticalOppression #WhiteTerror

Source: Inmediahk.net; #Dec13

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#Court
Jimmy Lai and 7 democrats jailed for involvement in banned Tiananmen Massacre Vigil

A Hong Kong court has sentenced eight democrats to jail for organising, taking part in, or inciting others to participate in the #TiananmenMassacre #vigil in 2020.

Former leaders of the now-defunct #HongKongAlliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China – including chairperson #Lee CheukYan, vice-chairperson #ChowHangTung, executive committee member #SimonLeung, as well as liquidator #RichardTsoi – were among the eight defendants. The other defendants were Hong Kong media tycoon #JimmyLai, former lawmakers #LeungYiuChung and #WuChiWai, and activist #GwynethHo.

Each of the defendants was handed jail terms of between four months and two weeks and 14 months for the various charges – all will serve their sentences concurrently.

The judge insisted on the need for “deterrent” sentences, accusing the defendants of “wrongly and arrogantly” thought that the purpose of the commemoration was “more important than protecting the community [from pandemic]”.

#ErasingHistory #PoliticalOppression #WhiteTerror

Source: Inmediahk.net; #Dec13
https://bit.ly/3yks32U

#Poll: More Voters Claim NOT to Vote at “Patriots-only” #LegCoElection in Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies (#HKIAPS) rolled out a public poll to gauge the populations sentiment towards the Legislative Council election in Hong Kong set on December 19, 2021.

32.8% of those responded said they will not cast vote, which was 2 percentage points over those affirmative to vote (30.8%). Another 17.4% claimed “may be” they will vote, while 19% claimed “undecided”.

The public poll was conducted between 29 November through 8 December, 2021 over telephone with 712 respondents aged above 18. Among them 92% claimed that they are eligible voters.

When asked about the level of attention on this election, 52.8% said they were not keen while 41.3% showed concern.

Source: Stand News; #Dec13

https://thestandnews.page.link/Gp5YuuhHBuJ5h1nD6

#BlankVotes #Election

Intel apologises to China over Xinjiang products and labour directive

The US chipmaker Intel has apologised for telling its suppliers not to source products or labour from Xinjiang, a province that human rights groups and governments including the US allege uses forced labour, after facing a backlash across China.

Intel, which derives more than a quarter of its $80bn (£60bn) in annual revenues from the Chinese market, apologised to the people of China and its local partners on Thursday for telling suppliers to avoid the region in accordance with restrictions imposed by “multiple governments”.

Source: The Guardian #Dec13

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/23/intel-apologises-to-china-over-xinjiang-products-and-labour-directive?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#Intel #China #Xinjiang #Labour #Chip

#Censorship
#NBA forbids #EnesKanter from wearing custom shoes with messages criticising China's human rights abuse

Source: yseedsmedia; #Dec13

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#NBA forbids #EnesKanter from wearing custom shoes with messages criticising China's human rights abuse

Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter has always been vocal about human rights abuses in China on social media.

He also worn custom shoes every game in support of the citizens of Tibet, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Xinjiang seeking sovereignty from Chinese rule.

Designed by Chinese artist #Badiucao, the sneakers have featured a host of pointed messages: "Free China," "Taiwan belongs to the Taiwanese people," "Free Hong Kong," "Free Uyghur," "No Beijing 2022," "Stop genocide, torture, rape, slave labor," "Stop organ harvesting in China," "Close the camps" and "Modern-day slavery."

"I've been talking about all the human rights violations and injustices happening in Turkey for 10 years, and I did not get one phone call," Kanter said in an interview.

"I talk about China one day, and I was getting a phone call once every two hours." Kanter did not clarify who is calling him.

#EnesKanterFreedom #FightForFreedom #StandWithHK

Source: yseedsmedia; #Dec13
https://t.me/yseedsmedia/404