环球邮报报道中国领事干预温哥华市长选举,助首位华裔香港移民Ken Sim 沈观健上台

外交人员如果只是泛泛而谈支持愿意促进两国关系的候选人,属于表达自己的观点,应该没问题。但如果支持特定候选人,那就不妥当了,算过了线

不过小学生治下,自我膨胀过度,这些细节可能没人注意
别啥都怪小学生,就是底下的人做事不周密,被人家情报机构盯上了。小学生对标的是抓马老师,肯定手里有老师的小电影和资金上的把柄,这就是为啥老师见小学生很怂比的原因。
 
华裔当政的太少了,像印度裔多了,就习惯了
 
成天要报效所谓的祖国,叫嚣战争,支持独裁,妄想入侵台湾这类人不被接受,被监控有啥不理解?
 

外国干预的指控把自由党和保守党缠绕在一起​


自由党的MP Han Dong 和保守党MPP Vincent Ke 都和拥有连锁超市的富豪大亨 Chengyi Wei 有关联,而Wei 与中国领事馆关系密切,2019年Wei 作为加拿大商界领袖,在北京参加会议,并与习近平握手,他还是多伦多福清商会的名誉主席。当Dong 和 Ke 竞选是,Wei 都曾作为支持者站在他们身边。

福清商会在多伦多的总部正在作为中国在加拿大警察局被皇家骑警调查,这些驻外警察局隶属中国统战部,配合政府干着种种违法勾当,包括收集情报,洗钱,组织犯罪,为各种抗议活动付费,为11名候选人提供资金。。。。。。

沉默 防御 否认
Wei 没有回应关于这些指控所提出的多次询问,Dong 发表声明,反击这些不实的指控,Ke 也否认了所有指控,但是他辞去了省PC 核心组,现在是独立身份省议员。

名单
CTV的消息来源说,Dong 和 Ke 都得到中国政府的支持和捐助,中介机构在中国领事馆的指导下,拉选票,为一些老年人和学生支付党费,参加投票,以确保 Ke 的提名。据称,在 Dong 的竞选中也发生了类似情况。

香港-加拿大人 Gloria Fung 是支持民主活动家,她说,北京在数次选举中资助了许多候选人,以便让他们进入市、省和联邦各级政府。她说:“钱是通过统战组织分配给个别成员捐给某位候选人。所以每个人都会捐给一个人,确保不超过最高限额。但资金来自统战组织,它在 转而从中国大使馆获得资金。

因为抗议中国政府对香港的压制,Fung 受到多方威胁和骚扰,她说知道调查中国干预竞选很具有挑战性,

“因为他们不会傻到留下书面记录。”

Alleged foreign interference entangles Liberals and Conservatives in one riding​


Judy Trinh and Candy Chan

Published March 18, 2023 11:16 a.m. EDT

In his new role as special rapporteur investigating alleged foreign interference, David Johnston will likely take a deep dive into the suburban Toronto riding of Don Valley North.

The riding is emerging as a nexus for alleged meddling by China. It’s represented federally by a Liberal and provincially by the Progressive Conservative party -- but what raises eyebrows are their connections to a wealthy supermarket mogul with close ties to the Chinese Consulate in Toronto.

The connections are between Liberal MP Han Dong, PC MPP Vincent Ke and supermarket mogul Wei Chengyi. Wei owns the Foody Mart grocery chain that has stores in Ontario and British Columbia. The two politicians often appear with the businessman at events covered by Chinese ethnic media.

But for Canadians who don’t speak Mandarin or Cantonese - only now is the tangled web of relationships being unravelled.

HANDSHAKE WITH PRESIDENT XI JINPING​

Four years ago, Wei attended a conference in Beijing for overseas Chinese business leaders. Media reports from May 2019 show video of him shaking hands with China’s President Xi Jinping.

One month later, Dong announced he would enter the nomination race to become the Liberal candidate for Don Valley North in Canada’s federal election that fall. He launched his campaign at the Foody Mart head office located in the riding. Wei stood alongside him.

After Ke won his provincial seat in 2018, Wei was listed in the credits as a main advisor on a documentary celebrating Ke’s win. The feature was posted on 365 Net TV, a Chinese digital program.

Wei is also the honorary chairman of the Canada Toronto Fuqing Business Association (CTFBA) which promotes ties to China. Its translated mission statement includes a goal to "unite rural feelings, integrate resources…and carry forward the spirit of unity."

But one of CTFBA’s affiliate organizations is located at 220 Royal Crest Ct. in Markham, Ont. The address correlates with a Chinese police station identified by the Spain-based NGO Safeguard Defenders which monitors disappearances of people in China.

Last November the RCMP confirmed it was investigating the office.

WATCHING OVER THE CHINESE DIASPORA​

On its website, the Fuqing association also states that it was created under the "specific guidance of the United Front Work Department."

According to the Canadian government, the UFWD is a branch of the Chinese Communist Party. The document from Public Safety Canada released in 2021, says the UFWD is used to "stifle criticism, infiltrate foreign political parties, diaspora communities, universities and multinational corporations."

Tens of thousands of Chinese agents work for the UFWD worldwide to keep tabs on the activities of its diaspora. According to intelligence experts, more than 40,000 staff have been added to the UFWD since Xi rose to power.

Scott McGregor is a former military intelligence officer and the co-author of The Mosaic Effect, How the Chinese Communist Party Started a Hybrid War in America’s Backyard.

He says the United Front works through a network of overseas Chinese associations to "collect intelligence and conduct propaganda." McGregor says in some cases money is laundered through the UFWD to achieve its aims.

"With transnational crime, it often happens in the funding piece so they can conduct the operations they’re launching (like) a protest with paid protesters to other activity that’s going on. The money often comes from organized crime," said McGregor.

NAMING NAMES​

The intense media scrutiny follows reports in The Globe and Mail and Global News about an orchestrated attempt by the Chinese government to get 11 candidates who were sympathetic to China elected in 2019. Both news organizations cited Canadian intelligence sources.

After viewing national security documents based on CSIS intelligence, Global News named Han Dong as a "witting affiliate" in Chinese interference networks and has also alleged that a staff member in Vincent Ke’s office may have channeled money to candidates Beijing deemed "friendly" during the 2019 federal election.

Ke was also embroiled in controversy last spring, when the Ontario Liberals called on the provincial police commissioner to investigate a breach of trust by Ke or his office.

Documentation obtained by the provincial party showed what the Liberals called 15 "hidden shell companies" incorporated by Ke’s staff and their family members after he was elected in 2018. Some of the registered non-profits had addresses corresponding to the homes belonging to relatives of Ke’s staff.

One organization received a $25,000 provincial grant to help keep seniors healthy. The OPP did not proceed with an investigation.

SILENCE, DEFENCE AND DENIALS​

Wei has not responded to multiple requests for comment from CTV News. The requests were made in phone calls and emails to the business association he belongs to and the supermarket he operates.

In a statement posted on his Twitter page, Dong said: "I strongly reject the insinuations in media reporting that allege I have played a role in offshore interference in these processes and will defend myself vigorously."

Ke called Global’s allegations "false and defamatory," but resigned from the PC caucus to sit as an independent at Queen’s Park.

"I do not want to be a distraction to the government and take away from the good work Premier Fordis doing for the province of Ontario. Therefore I will be stepping away from the PC Caucus in order to dedicate time to clearing my name and representing my constituents."

CTV News has not seen the classified reports but has spoken to more than a dozen sources from within the Chinese community in the Greater Toronto Area.

These sources include federal and provincial election campaign managers, former candidates, ethnic media reporters and local activists. Some of them were interviewed by CSIS agents and provided names.

A LIST OF NAMES​

Dong and Ke are among a group of local, provincial and federal politicians, multiple CTV News sources have named as benefactors of Chinese state support.

Sources have told CTV that under the direction of the Chinese consulate officials, intermediaries paid for party memberships and bussed in international students and seniors to cast ballots to secure Ke's nomination.

Similar incidents are alleged to have happened during Dong's federal nomination win.

Gloria Fung is a pro-democracy activist with Hong Kong-Canada Link. She says Beijing has funded many candidates over several elections in order to place them in government at the municipal, provincial and federal levels.

"The money has been distributed through individual members of the United Front organization to the candidate. So each one would donate to an individual making sure that it doesn't exceed the maximum limit. But the funds came from the United Front organization, which in turn get their funding from the Chinese Embassy," Fung said.

In the past few years, Fung has been threatened and harassed for protesting against restrictive laws imposed by China on Hong Kong. She knows investigating interference will be a challenge.

"They will not be so stupid as to leave a paper trail."

RELATED IMAGES
Foody Mart Owner, Wei Chengyi at the launch of Federal Liberal nomination campaign for Han Dong who is on the far right. Wei hosted the event at his head office in June 2019. (Confederation of Toronto Chinese Canadian Organizations)

Foody Mart Owner, Wei Chengyi at the launch of Federal Liberal nomination campaign for Han Dong who is on the far right. Wei hosted the event at his head office in June 2019. (Confederation of Toronto Chinese Canadian Organizations)

 

外国干预的指控把自由党和保守党缠绕在一起​


自由党的MP Han Dong 和保守党MPP Vincent Ke 都和拥有连锁超市的富豪大亨 Chengyi Wei 有关联,而Wei 与中国领事馆关系密切,2019年Wei 作为加拿大商界领袖,在北京参加会议,并与习近平握手,他还是多伦多福清商会的名誉主席。当Dong 和 Ke 竞选是,Wei 都曾作为支持者站在他们身边。

福清商会在多伦多的总部正在作为中国在加拿大警察局被皇家骑警调查,这些驻外警察局隶属中国统战部,配合政府干着种种违法勾当,包括收集情报,洗钱,组织犯罪,为各种抗议活动付费,为11名候选人提供资金。。。。。。

沉默 防御 否认
Wei 没有回应关于这些指控所提出的多次询问,Dong 发表声明,反击这些不实的指控,Ke 也否认了所有指控,但是他辞去了省PC 核心组,现在是独立身份省议员。

名单
CTV的消息来源说,Dong 和 Ke 都得到中国政府的支持和捐助,中介机构在中国领事馆的指导下,拉选票,为一些老年人和学生支付党费,参加投票,以确保 Ke 的提名。据称,在 Dong 的竞选中也发生了类似情况。

香港-加拿大人 Gloria Fung 是支持民主活动家,她说,北京在数次选举中资助了许多候选人,以便让他们进入市、省和联邦各级政府。她说:“钱是通过统战组织分配给个别成员捐给某位候选人。所以每个人都会捐给一个人,确保不超过最高限额。但资金来自统战组织,它在 转而从中国大使馆获得资金。

因为抗议中国政府对香港的压制,Fung 受到多方威胁和骚扰,她说知道调查中国干预竞选很具有挑战性,

“因为他们不会傻到留下书面记录。”

Alleged foreign interference entangles Liberals and Conservatives in one riding​


Judy Trinh and Candy Chan

Published March 18, 2023 11:16 a.m. EDT

In his new role as special rapporteur investigating alleged foreign interference, David Johnston will likely take a deep dive into the suburban Toronto riding of Don Valley North.

The riding is emerging as a nexus for alleged meddling by China. It’s represented federally by a Liberal and provincially by the Progressive Conservative party -- but what raises eyebrows are their connections to a wealthy supermarket mogul with close ties to the Chinese Consulate in Toronto.

The connections are between Liberal MP Han Dong, PC MPP Vincent Ke and supermarket mogul Wei Chengyi. Wei owns the Foody Mart grocery chain that has stores in Ontario and British Columbia. The two politicians often appear with the businessman at events covered by Chinese ethnic media.

But for Canadians who don’t speak Mandarin or Cantonese - only now is the tangled web of relationships being unravelled.

HANDSHAKE WITH PRESIDENT XI JINPING​

Four years ago, Wei attended a conference in Beijing for overseas Chinese business leaders. Media reports from May 2019 show video of him shaking hands with China’s President Xi Jinping.

One month later, Dong announced he would enter the nomination race to become the Liberal candidate for Don Valley North in Canada’s federal election that fall. He launched his campaign at the Foody Mart head office located in the riding. Wei stood alongside him.

After Ke won his provincial seat in 2018, Wei was listed in the credits as a main advisor on a documentary celebrating Ke’s win. The feature was posted on 365 Net TV, a Chinese digital program.

Wei is also the honorary chairman of the Canada Toronto Fuqing Business Association (CTFBA) which promotes ties to China. Its translated mission statement includes a goal to "unite rural feelings, integrate resources…and carry forward the spirit of unity."

But one of CTFBA’s affiliate organizations is located at 220 Royal Crest Ct. in Markham, Ont. The address correlates with a Chinese police station identified by the Spain-based NGO Safeguard Defenders which monitors disappearances of people in China.

Last November the RCMP confirmed it was investigating the office.

WATCHING OVER THE CHINESE DIASPORA​

On its website, the Fuqing association also states that it was created under the "specific guidance of the United Front Work Department."

According to the Canadian government, the UFWD is a branch of the Chinese Communist Party. The document from Public Safety Canada released in 2021, says the UFWD is used to "stifle criticism, infiltrate foreign political parties, diaspora communities, universities and multinational corporations."

Tens of thousands of Chinese agents work for the UFWD worldwide to keep tabs on the activities of its diaspora. According to intelligence experts, more than 40,000 staff have been added to the UFWD since Xi rose to power.

Scott McGregor is a former military intelligence officer and the co-author of The Mosaic Effect, How the Chinese Communist Party Started a Hybrid War in America’s Backyard.

He says the United Front works through a network of overseas Chinese associations to "collect intelligence and conduct propaganda." McGregor says in some cases money is laundered through the UFWD to achieve its aims.

"With transnational crime, it often happens in the funding piece so they can conduct the operations they’re launching (like) a protest with paid protesters to other activity that’s going on. The money often comes from organized crime," said McGregor.

NAMING NAMES​

The intense media scrutiny follows reports in The Globe and Mail and Global News about an orchestrated attempt by the Chinese government to get 11 candidates who were sympathetic to China elected in 2019. Both news organizations cited Canadian intelligence sources.

After viewing national security documents based on CSIS intelligence, Global News named Han Dong as a "witting affiliate" in Chinese interference networks and has also alleged that a staff member in Vincent Ke’s office may have channeled money to candidates Beijing deemed "friendly" during the 2019 federal election.

Ke was also embroiled in controversy last spring, when the Ontario Liberals called on the provincial police commissioner to investigate a breach of trust by Ke or his office.

Documentation obtained by the provincial party showed what the Liberals called 15 "hidden shell companies" incorporated by Ke’s staff and their family members after he was elected in 2018. Some of the registered non-profits had addresses corresponding to the homes belonging to relatives of Ke’s staff.

One organization received a $25,000 provincial grant to help keep seniors healthy. The OPP did not proceed with an investigation.

SILENCE, DEFENCE AND DENIALS​

Wei has not responded to multiple requests for comment from CTV News. The requests were made in phone calls and emails to the business association he belongs to and the supermarket he operates.

In a statement posted on his Twitter page, Dong said: "I strongly reject the insinuations in media reporting that allege I have played a role in offshore interference in these processes and will defend myself vigorously."

Ke called Global’s allegations "false and defamatory," but resigned from the PC caucus to sit as an independent at Queen’s Park.

"I do not want to be a distraction to the government and take away from the good work Premier Fordis doing for the province of Ontario. Therefore I will be stepping away from the PC Caucus in order to dedicate time to clearing my name and representing my constituents."

CTV News has not seen the classified reports but has spoken to more than a dozen sources from within the Chinese community in the Greater Toronto Area.

These sources include federal and provincial election campaign managers, former candidates, ethnic media reporters and local activists. Some of them were interviewed by CSIS agents and provided names.

A LIST OF NAMES​

Dong and Ke are among a group of local, provincial and federal politicians, multiple CTV News sources have named as benefactors of Chinese state support.

Sources have told CTV that under the direction of the Chinese consulate officials, intermediaries paid for party memberships and bussed in international students and seniors to cast ballots to secure Ke's nomination.

Similar incidents are alleged to have happened during Dong's federal nomination win.

Gloria Fung is a pro-democracy activist with Hong Kong-Canada Link. She says Beijing has funded many candidates over several elections in order to place them in government at the municipal, provincial and federal levels.

"The money has been distributed through individual members of the United Front organization to the candidate. So each one would donate to an individual making sure that it doesn't exceed the maximum limit. But the funds came from the United Front organization, which in turn get their funding from the Chinese Embassy," Fung said.

In the past few years, Fung has been threatened and harassed for protesting against restrictive laws imposed by China on Hong Kong. She knows investigating interference will be a challenge.

"They will not be so stupid as to leave a paper trail."

RELATED IMAGES
Foody Mart Owner, Wei Chengyi at the launch of Federal Liberal nomination campaign for Han Dong who is on the far right. Wei hosted the event at his head office in June 2019. (Confederation of Toronto Chinese Canadian Organizations)

Foody Mart Owner, Wei Chengyi at the launch of Federal Liberal nomination campaign for Han Dong who is on the far right. Wei hosted the event at his head office in June 2019. (Confederation of Toronto Chinese Canadian Organizations)


土鳖太狡猾了,两面下注,胜负通吃啊。
 
土鳖太狡猾了,两面下注,胜负通吃啊。
人傻钱多,两边下注。

一直看到最后也没找到多次提到的,11名被资助人名单。

指控者Fung 女士的证据是这样的:"They will not be so stupid as to leave a paper trail."

高级工程师 Vincent Ke 柯文彬,2018年是第一位当选的华裔省议员,得到福清商会的支持。

But for Canadians who don’t speak Mandarin or Cantonese - only now is the tangled web of relationships being unravelled.

估计有人把不懂普通话和粤语的加拿大人绕糊涂了,一时难以解脱出来。
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类似的情况,Dong 当选MP也得到Wei 的福清商会的支持,Wei 是Dong 的高级竞选顾问。
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各个反对党联合以172:149通过对指控有关董议员的中国干预加拿大问题进行调查。​

谷歌翻译最后几段:​

在接受 CTV 新闻采访时,前 CSIS 主任沃德埃尔科克表示,对董的指控并未上升到外国干涉的程度,并指出国会议员可以而且确实与外国政府交谈并表达意见,而这本身就是不是不合适,这取决于讨论的内容。

“这是一名加拿大人,据称是一名加拿大国会议员与一名中国外交官交谈并向其提供建议。这不是外国干涉。这也没有上升到他现在为中国人工作的程度......这不是间谍活动,这不是外国干涉。充其量,据称这是他作为国会议员的不当活动或行为,不多也不少,”他说。

埃尔科克补充说,无论是谁泄露这些指控,都会对加拿大的国家安全和情报部门以及相关个人造成损害,并对这个问题已经变得多么政治化表示担忧。

“我根本不认为这是一件积极的事情。最终,它让这个问题变成了一个政治足球,而让国家安全问题成为一个政治足球是所有可能世界中最糟糕的事情”埃尔科克说。他仍然反对公开调查的想法。

Opposition parties affirm call ofor interference inquiry, amid questions over MP Han Dong​

Rachel Aiello
  • Senior Digital Parliamentary Reporter
Updated March 23, 2023 5:22 p.m. EDT
Published March 23, 2023 4:09 p.m. EDT

Amid renewed questions over the pervasiveness of alleged interference by China in Canadian elections and affairs broadly, opposition MPs voted Thursday afternoon to affirm a parliamentary committee's call for the federal government to strike a public inquiry.

The NDP forced a vote in the House of Commons on what's called a "concurrence motion," essentially seeing the House as a whole double down on the Procedure and House Affairs Committee's call for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to "launch a national public inquiry into allegations of foreign interference in Canada's democratic system."

The vote passed 172 to 149, with MPs from the NDP, Conservative, Bloc Quebecois and Green voting in favour, and Liberal MPs voting against.

Beyond heaping new pressure on Trudeau to supersede his prescribed late May timeline for special rapporteur David Johnston to advise whether an inquiry is needed, the vote is not binding.
The report the majority of MPs voted in favour of called for the inquiry to include but not be limited to foreign interference allegations during elections, and to look at foreign governments beyond China.
It also outlined that the inquiry should be granted necessary powers to compel witnesses and secret documents, investigate abuse of diaspora groups by hostile foreign governments, and that the person selected to head the probe be picked by all parties.

"It has become very clear now with allegations coming out on a daily basis that are continuing to erode peoples' confidence in our democracy, that we need a public inquiry," said NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh during a pre-question period scrum.

Asked by reporters whether he's ready to trigger a federal election over the prime minister's continued resistance to a public inquiry, Singh said no because he doesn't think it would be responsible to thrust the country into another campaign when there are concerns about the integrity of Canada's democratic processes.

"My goal is to safeguard democracy, encourage people to participate, make sure people feel comfortable voting and feel safe to vote and are not being influenced in their votes. That goal is met by having a public inquiry. That goal is not met by triggering an election, which would then be an election open to all those same potential risks of interference."

This latest push came after Toronto-area MP Han Dong announced Wednesday night that he would be stepping out of the Liberal caucus to sit as an independent MP to focus on clearing his name in light of new allegations levelled by Global News that he was involved in efforts by China to meddle in Canadian affairs.

Citing unnamed "national security sources," Global News reported that Dong had suggested to a senior Chinese diplomat in 2021 that China should delay releasing Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor -- the two Canadians who had been imprisoned in China from 2018 to 2021 -- in order to avoid benefitting the Conservative Party. CTV News has not independently verified Global News' reporting.

Dong admitted in the Global News report he had spoken with the Chinese official to discuss the two Michaels, but strongly denies the allegations that he pushed for their release to be delayed. In the House, he told MPs he did "nothing to cause any harm" to the two Michaels and "worked hard and advocated for their interest."

“The allegations made against me are as false as the ones made against you,” Dong said, referring to Kovrig and Spavor in his remarks. "I will be sitting as an independent to ensure that the business of government, and indeed, the business of Parliament, is not interrupted as I work to clear my name."

Dong voted in favour of the motion calling for a public inquiry.

In a statement, a spokesperson for the Chinese Consulate General in Toronto said the claims made in recent media reporting are "utterly groundless."

Focusing on this story during question period, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre peppered Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly with questions.

"A thousand days, a thousand days, the two Michaels sat hopeless in a windowless cell, fed in doggie bowls that were slid under their door, going eight months without seeing consular support. Yet, according to Global News, a Liberal MP allegedly contacted the Chinese Consulate and encouraged them to delay the release of these two Michaels for partisan Liberal gain. The intelligence services that came up with this information to the media would have told the prime minister. When did they tell him?" asked Poilievre.

"Let me be clear. Bringing back the two Michaels, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, was the utmost priority of this government, of all members in this House, of all Canadians across the country,” Joly responded. “For two years, we worked tirelessly to make sure that these two Michaels—which were arbitrarily detained by China— would be coming back safe home. That's what we did. And that was the only priority. Thinking otherwise is absolutely false.”

In an English media exclusive interview on CTV's Your Morning that aired Thursday morning, Trudeau was asked why he hasn't been more forthcoming about what he knew and when in terms of allegations of election interference attempts by China. Trudeau said those kinds of questions wouldn't "necessarily" be able to be explored in a public inquiry, citing national security limitations.
"Whereas the panel of parliamentarians that we have that have got top secret clearance to look into it… David Johnston as our expert is going to be able to look at that, and reassure and give Canadians confidence," Trudeau said.

In an interview with CTV News, former CSIS Director Ward Elcock said what is being alleged about Dong doesn’t rise to the level of foreign interference, noting MPs can and do speak to foreign governments and express views, and that in and of itself is not improper, it depends what is discussed.

"This is a Canadian, allegedly, a Canadian MP talking to and providing advice to a Chinese diplomat. That's not foreign interference. It doesn't also rise to the level of he is now working for the Chinese... It's not espionage, it's not foreign interference. At best, it's allegedly improper activity or behavior on his part as an MP, no more no less," he said.

Elcock added whomever is leaking these allegations is doing damage to both Canada's national security and intelligence operations and the individuals involved, and expressed concern over how politicized the issue has become.

"I don't regard this as a positive thing at all. At the end of the day, it has allowed this issue to become just a political football, and for national security issues to become a political football is the worst of all possible worlds," Elcock said. He remains against the idea of a public inquiry.

With files from CTV News' Tom Yun and Judy Trinh

 
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