Intimidation, attempts at forced repatriation, Chinese intelligence has a long arm and also operates in France. Two senior Chinese officials based at the Chinese embassy in Paris are the subject of a request for expulsion from the territory, according to information from the newspaper The world.
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The expulsion of two Chinese spies must send a clear message to Beijing: the hunt for dissidents on French soil – orchestrated shamelessly in recent months by agents of the Chinese embassy – must end. reports the newspaper The world.
Foreign Affairs in Trouble
Two cases, which arose around Xi Jinping’s state visit to France, had put the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in an embarrassing situation. On March 22, border police stopped the attempted forcible repatriation of Ling Huazhan, a 26-year-old Chinese man wanted for posting graffiti against President Xi Jinping on social media.
About ten men dressed in black
The other case took place on May 8 at the bottom of the building where Uighur exile Gulbahar Jalilova lives, who arrived in France in 2020 after being tortured in a re-education camp in Xinjiang. About ten men dressed in black rang the intercom and intimidated Ms. Jalilova in an attempt to terrorize her.
The investigation proves that Chinese agents were behind the operation. Today, the head of the Chinese secret service station, based at the Chinese embassy in Paris, and his deputy, are being asked to leave France.
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