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[deleted] t1_iridi1q wrote

Reply to comment by MaxiqueBDE in China has secret station in NYC as part of network to track dissidents by solo-ran

"We don't work for the Chinese government... we are simply patriots who convince criminals to return home to face punishment"

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Law-of-Poe t1_irifzkk wrote

>convince

That’s probably the key word from a legal standpoint. I doubt these people arrest or detail anyone. They probably use vague and plausibly deniable threats to get dissidents to return for punishment

On top of that, everything they say is probably monitored by US intelligence so it’s mutually beneficial to let them go on

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AtlasNBA t1_irivllw wrote

A lot of times, families back home in China are threatened in such a way it coerces the individuals abroad to return back there.

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PKMKII t1_iris5j6 wrote

It’s more accurately described as targeted propaganda. Calling it secret police speaks more to this “watchdog’s” funding strategy than a sober assessment of the situation.

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ViennettaLurker t1_iripfev wrote

> On top of that, everything they say is probably monitored by US intelligence so it’s mutually beneficial to let them go on

This. And if they're not being monitored, we have much bigger problems.

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2chicks1bed t1_irj5zji wrote

Yeah , like , “I’m trying to convince you to go back home as the government over there says if you do not return they will make your family pay”. That’s convincing enough for most anyone with a heart and love for there family.

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