Beijing Intimidation Case in France Renews MP’s Concerns About Illicit Chinese Police Stations in Canada

Conservative MP Michael Chong is again calling attention to secret Chinese police stations operating in Canada, prompted by a recent incident in France involving alleged coercion of a critic of the Beijing regime, who narrowly avoiding forced repatriation to China. In a May 5 post on X, Mr. Chong described the incident as “a chilling, frightening account of PRC [People’s Republic of China] repression in France.” He added that “this is happening in Canada too—and why the RCMP are justified in shutting down these PRC ‘police stations.'” Ling Huazhan, a 26-year-old man of Chinese origin, posted a video online criticizing Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the founder of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Mao Zedong. Subsequently, Mr. Ling received coercive messages summoning him to a suspected secret Chinese police station, as reported by French national television France 2 on May 1....