Following on from China’s
military spying on people in Hong
Kong there are many more civilian intelligence employees and their
informants doing the spying. Their targets include:
Hong Kong in light green and only 1,104 square kms in size, has many islands and borders mainland China. Shenzhen can be seen just over the border. (Map courtesy TravelChinaGuide . com)
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- of course, current and former protesters who might retrospectively
be charged with
breaking the new security laws when enacted in a few weeks/months
breaking the new security laws when enacted in a few weeks/months
- anti-communist, pro-democracy figures (even if they haven’t
attended a protest), and
- those who have been recorded in contact with foreign
representatives in Hong Kong,
especially those Hong Kongese observed talking to or “receiving orders from” the
US Consulate General in Hong Kong
especially those Hong Kongese observed talking to or “receiving orders from” the
US Consulate General in Hong Kong
The peak Chinese civilian external intelligence and internal
security agency is the Ministry
of State Security (MSS)
whose public website (even in English) is here (at https://www.12339.gov.cn/.
"12339" appears to be the MSS phone number that Chinese citizens can call to
inform on somebody! So even if many in Hong Kong see themselves as separate from China they can still
be monitored by MSS. To be precise monitored by MSS area Bureau No. 4 and by MSS Bureau No. 14 (responsible for "inspecting mail and telecommunications" which would work with, of be part of, China's NSA.)
MSS officers in Hong Kong (population 7.5 million) no doubt number in their thousands. Many more may commute daily from the neighbouring city of Shenzhen (population 24
million). Also Hong Kongese can be monitored from MSS/Chinese NSA officers working at more remote surveillance terminals in Beijing, Shanghai
or any other mainland Chinese area.
Pete
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So I published this "Chinese Civilian Security & Intelligence in Hong Kong: Part 1" article http://gentleseas.blogspot.com/2020/06/chinese-civilian-security-intelligence.html (above) on June 8, 2020.
Nice to see Business Insider Australia subsequently picking up this idea on June 10th :)
see "China's secretive spy agency, known for kidnapping and torturing dissidents, could operate openly in Hong Kong under new national security laws" at https://www.businessinsider.com.au/china-hong-kong-spy-agency-official-presence-national-security-laws-report-2020-6?r=US&IR=T
"Imitation is the best form of flattery" as they say :)
Pete
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