Canadian Tribunal Rules to Deport Woman Over Ties to Chinese Foreign Interference Body

A Canadian immigration tribunal has decided to deport a Chinese woman due to her work for a Beijing foreign interference agency. The ruling follows a 2022 federal court finding that exposed the agency’s involvement in espionage against Canada. The Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) ruled that Jing Zhang had worked for the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office (OCAO). The OCAO is the external office of the United Front Work Department, an agency known for its involvement in foreign interference activities for the Chinese regime. As first reported by Global News, the IRB did not accuse Ms. Zhang of committing espionage, but found that she had, during her 11-year employment at the OCAO, contributed to the communist regime’s efforts in transnational repression of overseas Chinese diaspora....