Chinese Consul-General in Vancouver Issued Veiled ‘Warning’ to Canadian Politicians, Former MP Says

Former Conservative MP Kenny Chiu says he has raised concerns with authorities investigating foreign interference about a veiled “warning” issued by a former Chinese consul-general in Vancouver.
“She was practically giving out a warning to Chinese Canadian politicians,” he said.
In her reply, Tong accused Western politicians of using human rights as a pretext to attack and interfere in China’s internal affairs. Additionally, she argued that the national security law targets only a small minority whose actions disrupt harmony and threaten national security in Hong Kong.
“If you don’t break the law or engage in these kinds of activities, why do you have to worry about your own safety?” Tong said in Mandarin.
“I neglected to mention that to any of the authorities when they interviewed me because I was laser-focused on the election period. But anyway, that’s what jogged my memory when I finished reading the report,” he said.
Chiu highlighted the investigators’ repeated assertions that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses fear as a means of influencing diaspora communities.
“The measures that almost all Chinese Canadian interview subjects stated as the fear or disquiet were the possibility that travel to and from China could be subjected to interference by Chinese authorities, as well as measures being applied against family members or business interests in China,” the review by Commissioner of Canada Election stated.
“One word that has been—I’ve actually counted—mentioned many times in the report is the word fear,” Chui said.
“In the 112 pages of the [Commissioner of Canada Election] report, there are 34 mentions of ‘fear,’ and that tells you the CCP weaponized fear among Canadian populations, Chinese populations, politicians, and others.”