Leon/Beijing: – The candidature of a Chinese official for the executive committee of Interpol, the international level police organisation, is at the centre of a controversy. International parliamentarians, as well as NGOs, have vehemently opposed the candidature of the Chinese official. According to lawmakers, NGOs and experts, China has used Interpol to target opponents of the communist regime and religious minority groups. A report in this regard also has been published recently.
Hu Binchen, The Deputy Chief of the Ministry of Public Security, responsible for the internal security of China, has announced his candidature for the membership of the Executive Committee of the Interpol. The Interpol meeting is scheduled for next week, and the committee members will be elected. Accusations are being made on the international level that if Binchen is elected on the committee, China will use Interpol for actions against people, opposed to Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Communist regime. The actions of Binchen while discharging his duties in China also are being pointed.
‘Interparliamentary Alliance on China’, the influential group formed to counter Chinese activities, has written an open letter addressed to all the world’s leading countries. 50 lawmakers from 20 countries have signed the letter. Interparliamentary Alliance on China has warned that Beijing could be extending its influence over the world’s policing body should be raising alarm bells in Embassies across the globe. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has repeatedly abused the INTERPOL Red Notice to persecute dissidents in exile. By electing Hu Binchen to the Executive Committee, the General Assembly would give the PRC government a green light to continue their misuse of INTERPOL.
Other than this group, 40 leading human rights activists have issued an independent statement. The statement warned that electing Binchen ‘would have grave consequences for the safety and wellbeing of Chinese, Hong Kongers, Taiwanese and Chinese human rights activists living outside China as well as Tibetan and Uyghur diasporas.’ This statement is said to have been sent to all the countries of the world. Against the background of the letter issued by the Interparliamentary Alliance on China and the statement of the human rights activists, the group ‘Safeguard Defenders’ has published a report regarding the misuse of Interpol by China.
Safeguard Defenders has said in the report that the use of Red Corner Notices has increased nearly 10-fold over the last two decades, and China has a major share in this. The report points out that Interpol has been used for Fox Hunt and Sky Net campaigns, started by Chinese President Xi Jinping to finish his opponents. A few months ago, China had amended the security-related laws and refused to reveal information regarding Red Corner Notices. At the same time, Safeguard Defenders has warned that there is a need to monitor the new law passed in Hongkong and its implementation.
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