(London/Beijing Comprehensive News) Tom Tugendhat, Minister of Security, said that China has closed the "police service station" in all parts of the UK.The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied it and urged Britain to stop slandering China.
Comprehensive AFP, Reuters, etc., the non -governmental human rights organization "Safeguard Defenders" issued a report last September that China has police stations in three locations in the UK to provide administrative services.However, it is also used to "monitor and harass the diaspora community, in some cases, forcing people to return to China outside of legal channels."
Agence France -Presse reported that Togenhart issued a statement on Tuesday (6th) local time saying that the British government has urged China to close the police stations.After investigation, the British police did not discover the illegal evidence of those "overseas police stations".
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a regular press conference on Tuesday: "There is no so -called secret police station at all. China urges the British to respect the facts, stop rendering speculation and slander China, and stop creating obstacles to Sino -British relations."
A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in the UK also issued a statement on the embassy website: "There is no so -called 'overseas police station' at all.Political lies, the topic of individual politicians hype is purely political. The Chinese side urges the British to stop the spread of false information and stop rendering speculation and slandering China. "
