China denied that offices which were set up in the Netherlands are actually secret police stations.

The reaction came in November, when China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that these are centers that help Chinese citizens renew documents.

Zhao Lijian made the statement after the Dutch government said that no permission was sought from the Netherlands for the Chinese “police service stations”, and it ordered China to close the “police service stations” in the Netherlands.

„I would refer you to competent authorities for more detailed information. Let me say that according to our understanding, the sites you mentioned are not “police stations” or “police service centers”. They assist overseas Chinese nationals who need help in accessing the online service platform to get their driving licenses renewed and receive physical check-ups for that purpose. The venues are provided by local overseas Chinese communities who would like to be helpful, and the people who work on those sites are all volunteers who come from these communities. They are not police personnel from China. There is no need to make people nervous about this”, Zhao Lijian said.

According to CNN, read by News.ro, Beijing has allegedly set up more than 100 so-called police stations abroad to monitor, harass and, in some cases, repatriate Chinese citizens living in exile, using bilateral security agreements with European countries. and Africa, claims a report by an NGO based in Madrid, which also nominates Romania.