A police station in China “has been forced to close by the Irish government in response to pressure from a human rights organization in Dublin’s city center.
Earlier this year, the Fuzhou Police Service Overseas Station opened its doors in an office building on Capel Street, which is now pedestrianized and that it shares with other Chinese organizations.
The province of Fujian contains the city of Fuzhou.
The station, according to the Chinese government, provided Chinese nationals living in Ireland with services like driving license renewal.
However, according to a report released in September by the human rights organization Safeguard Defenders, the stations convince 230,000 exiles to return to China, sometimes to face criminal charges.
According to the report, Chinese operations around the world “eschew official police and judicial collaboration, undermine the rule of law, and may violate the territorial integrity of foreign nations participating in putting up a parallel enforcement network using illicit tactics.”
Any wrongdoing in Dublin has been refuted by the Chinese embassy.
The Chinese government did not get permission from the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs to establish the “police station” on Wednesday “.
The department claimed to have brought up the issue with Chinese officials and requested that they “close and discontinue activities” at the Capel Street “police” station.
The Chinese government is obliged with that demand.
Additionally, it has been claimed that the Chinese government set up “police stations” in the Netherlands.
The so-called overseas service stations, which claim to offer diplomatic services, have been implicated to stifle Chinese dissidents in Europe, according to Dutch media.
The existence of unauthorized police outposts, according to a spokeswoman for the Dutch foreign ministry, is prohibited.
The Dutch accusations have been denied by the Chinese foreign ministry.
