Operation Sky Net

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Chinese clandestine operation

Operation Sky Net, commonly known as Skynet (天网) is a clandestine [citation needed] operation of the Chinese Ministry of Public Security to apprehend Overseas Chinese it sees as fugitives guilty of financial crimes in mainland China. The initiative was launched in 2015 to investigate offshore companies and underground banks that transfer money abroad.[1][2][3] It has reportedly been consolidated with Operation Fox Hunt and returned around 10,000 fugitives to China in the last decade, including political dissidents and activists.[4][5]

Human rights violations

Human rights NGO Safeguard Defenders highlighted methods used in Operation Sky Net, included the detention of fugitives' relatives in Mainland China, dispatching agents overseas to illegally intimidate the person in their overseas location, or kidnap them and return them to China.[6][7]

In some cases, authorities froze family assets or even threatened to take away their children.[8][9][10][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "China launches Sky Net to catch corrupt officials overseas". BBC News. 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  2. ^ "China's anti-corruption campaign goes international as Beijing reaches out to uncover officials fled abroad". The Independent. 2015-03-29. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  3. ^ "China ramps up global manhunt for corrupt officials with operation 'Skynet'". South China Morning Post. 2015-03-26. Archived from the original on 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  4. ^ Loh, Matthew. "Xi Jinping forced 10,000 people who fled overseas to return to China through an operation called 'Sky Net,' says human rights NGO". Business Insider. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  5. ^ Berg, Sebastian Rotella,Kirsten (22 July 2021). "Operation Fox Hunt: How China Exports Repression Using a Network of Spies Hidden in Plain Sight". ProPublica. Retrieved 2022-02-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Shepherd, Christian (April 29, 2022). "China's aggressive efforts to bring back fugitives grow more brazen". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  7. ^ Alecci, Scilla (2024-04-16). "China relied on extrajudicial means to force thousands of fugitives to repatriate, human rights activists say". International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  8. ^ "Involuntary Returns – report exposes long-arm policing overseas". Safeguard Defenders. 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  9. ^ "China forced 2,500 'fugitives' back from overseas during pandemic, report finds". the Guardian. 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  10. ^ "These Dissidents Thought They Had Escaped. Then China's Long Arm Grabbed Them". Haaretz. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  11. ^ Hale, Erin. "'Picking quarrels': China critics overseas at increasing risk". www.aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 2023-08-11. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
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