Chinese defector and former spy, “Eric,” attends a rally in response to the official visit of CCP Premier Li Qiang in Canberra, Australia on June 17, 2024. The Epoch TimesA former Chinese spy who defected to Australia says the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to consider Falun Gong a priority target overseas and allocates substantial resources to monitoring and suppressing practitioners of the spiritual discipline.The former agent, who was also in charge of monitoring a Falun Gong practitioner, defected to Australia in 2023 and goes by the pseudonym “Eric” for fear of reprisals from Beijing. He told The Epoch Times that the Chinese regime views Falun Gong as a threat to its power and spends a great deal of resources attempting to infiltrate and gather information on practitioners of the discipline.
Falun Gong a Priority Target for Transnational Repression by Beijing, Says Former Spy Who Defected to Australia
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