TAIPEI, Taiwan — China denied all accusations of an abroad police presence, saying Tuesday that the United States was making “groundless accusations” after U.S. regulation enforcement arrested two males in New York for establishing a secret police station.

“The relevant claims have no factual basis, and there is no such thing as an overseas police station,” spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wang Wenbin mentioned Tuesday.

U.S. authorities arrested two males, recognized as “Harry” Lu Jianwang, 61, and Chen Jinping, 59, each U.S. residents, on Monday morning. Under the course of an official in China, the 2 males allegedly arrange a station the place they provided some fundamental companies, comparable to serving to Chinese residents renew their Chinese driver’s licenses.

The station, nevertheless, additionally took on roles past unusual forms, together with finding Chinese dissidents dwelling within the U.S., officers mentioned.

The U.S. Justice Department additionally charged 34 officers within the Ministry of Public Security on Monday with creating and utilizing 1000's of faux social media accounts on Twitter and different platforms to harass dissidents overseas.

Wang mentioned China doesn't intervene in different international locations’ sovereignty.

China has proven that it's keen to focus on its personal residents even after they've left China for varied causes, whether or not political or financial. The Associated Press has beforehand reported {that a} Chinese girl was detained in Dubai at a Chinese-run detention facility.

In current years, Beijing has been operating two separate campaigns to deliver suspects needed principally for financial crimes again to China as a part of an anti-corruption drive. It has begun flexing its muscle tissue overseas to deliver folks again house, whether or not by way of the usage of extradition treaties or unofficial strategies, comparable to placing coercive strain on relations again house in China.

“China firmly opposes the smear and political manipulation by the U.S., who maliciously fabricated the narrative of so-called cross-border suppression and blatantly prosecuted Chinese law enforcement officials,” Wang mentioned.

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