China had issued an Interpol Red Notice against Wei Hu as part of Operation Fox Hunt.
Wei Hu, a 57-year-old father of three, lived in a gated $2.8-million property on B.C.’s Harrison Lake. According to a friend, he was a critic of Beijing who leftBut even in Canada, he could not escape the Chinese Communist Party , which issued a so-called Red Notice through Interpol seeking his arrest and return to China for supposed financial crimes.
“It is important for all individuals and groups living in Canada, regardless of their nationality, to know that there are support mechanisms in place to assist them when experiencing potential foreign interference or state-backed harassment and intimidation.” The friend said Hu was accused of ties to a group in China suspected of defrauding money from a company, but that Beijing used such allegations as an excuse.
In addition, Hu told the friend that he had received a warning online, and that whoever was responsible for it had indicated they knew where his kids went to school.“And he even told me if he died of an accident or committed suicide, he told me ‘don’t believe.’” He said Operation Fox Hunt had been used to silence critics of the Chinese government as well as “people who have knowledge of government corruption.”
But China used Operation Fox Hunt as cover for going after dissidents and opponents in order to “stifle regime criticism,” according to aThose reluctant to cooperate have been harassed, intimidated and extorted, and their extended families in China have been threatened and detained. In some cases, officials appear to have forcibly taken suspects to China.
B.C. is one of the main battlegrounds where China has been active, prompting the RCMP to prepare a briefing for the government of Premier David Eby six months ago.
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