CHINA'S secret police have spies in Australian government agencies, a Chinese
defector said.
Former secret policeman Hao Fengjun, now living in Melbourne, said China's
Gestapo-like police bureau, "610", used the agents to gather material
on the religious group Falun Gong.
In an interview on Channel Nine's Sunday program this morning, Mr Hao said he
personally supervised secret agents in Australia -- and elsewhere around the
world-- to track Falun Gong supporters.
The [spiritual] group is outlawed in China [...] China's police security bureau,
610, was established to crack down on it and put it out of business.
Mr Hao told Channel Nine he smuggled evidence of 610's activities into Australia
after downloading files from his police computer in the Chinese city of Tianjin.
Back in China, he had read the reports from Australia on Falun Gong supporters
there -- and some came from spies in government agencies.
"Some of them (came from) Chinese businessmen living overseas," Mr Hao
told the program.
"Some are students, some community leaders. And some are from government
organisations."
Mr Hao's claim of spying here follows that of another defector, Chen Yonglin, a
former officer at China's consulate in Sydney who has been granted a permanent
protection visa.
Mr Chen said China had a network of up to 1000 informants in Australia. He has
reportedly briefed the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation about them.
Mr Chen also said he knew why China had awarded Australia a lucrative business
contract, and it was not on cost grounds.
In 2002, Australia won a $25 billion contract to supply liquid natural gas from
the North West Shelf to Guangdong province in China.
China's real trade strategy was contained in a top secret report Mr Chen said
he had examined in the Sydney consulate.
"The report claims that the central leaders are very wise in the decision
to give the contract to Australia and it will benefit China from the strategic
point of view," Mr Chen said. "The strategic advantage exists in the
purpose to pull Australia away from the US."
Mr Hao, an ordinary detective before being recruited to the secret police, said
610 used front companies to send agents out to Australia.
Once here they were expected to infiltrate Falun Gong groups.
Two Chinese people living in Australia have come forward to confirm Mr Hao's
story -- accountant Martin Deller and Chen Hung.
Mr Deller's activities in Australia were documented in one of Mr Hao's secret
files, as were Chen Hung's.
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