CSIS confirms MP Michael Chong and family targeted by China
Canadian Security Intelligence Service head David Vigneault on Tuesday told Conservative MP Michael Chong that he and his family were targeted by the Chinese government after he sponsored a parliamentary motion condemning Beijing’s conduct in Xinjiang as genocide., his national-security adviser Jody Thomas and Mr. Vigneault in a West Block office on Parliament Hill.
Mr. Chong said Mr. Vigneault informed him he was authorized to read to him from the CSIS report quoted by The Globe “because it relates to a threat to you and your family.”Mr. Chong said the government’s negligence in notifying him oftargeting back in 2021 represents a significant mistake. “This is very concerning and it’s either a breakdown in the machinery of government or a political failure,” Mr. Chong said.
Mr. Chong said Tuesday he is asking Commons Speaker Anthony Rota to allow the House to decide if Mr. Zhao is in contempt of Parliament for efforts to intimidate an MP. “I confirmed the serious, grave details in the Globe report, including that an individual in Canada, Mr. Wei Zhao, accredited by the Government of Canada was involved and conducting these intimidation operations” he told the Commons.
The Globe reported Monday that a July, 2021, intelligence assessment by CSIS found China’s intelligence service, the Ministry of State Security , “has taken specific actions to target Canadian MPs” linked to the February, 2021, parliamentary motion condemning Beijing’s oppression of Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities.
The Globe reported Monday that according to the top-secret intelligence assessment from CSIS, China sees Canada as a “” and employs “incentives and punishment” as part of a vast influence network directed at legislators, business executives and diaspora communities. The assessment is presented as a “baseline for understanding the intent, motives and scope” of Beijing’s foreign interference in Canada.
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