Nicola Sturgeon told MSPs the Scottish Government and Police Scotland are taking the reports of a secret Chinese outpost in Glasgow 'extremely seriously'
But experts say reports that a network of “secret police stations” operated by the Chinese communist regime – including one based at the same address as the Loon Fung eatery in the city’s Sauchiehall Street – are not a surprise.
And an alleged Chinese police station in Dublin’s city centre was ordered to close by the Irish government after the reports emerged. He said: “The restaurants and the real estate shops and the takeaways named have all seemed pretty surprised to be told they have been listed in a Chinese police document as part of their overseas network.
“It is extraordinary, but it wouldn’t be out of character – China has used and does use a whole range of informal ways to survey or exert influence. In that sense it comes as no surprise. This has been going on for a very long time.”