News Desk
WASHINGTON — A network of nonprofit organizations with ties to a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence agency has reportedly been operating unofficial courts on American soil, raising concerns about foreign influence and violations of U.S. sovereignty, according to an investigation by the Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF).
The network, spanning California, the greater Washington, D.C. area, Hawaii, and New York, is alleged to have facilitated information-sharing between Chinese law enforcement officials and individuals within the United States. Some of these organizations have even established informal judicial proceedings targeting dissidents, DCNF reported.
U.S. lawmakers and intelligence analysts warn that such operations could be part of a broader effort by Beijing to expand its influence abroad under the guise of handling routine matters, such as Chinese driver’s license renewals and international divorces. The investigation also suggests that some leaders of these nonprofits have directly communicated with China’s Ministry of Public Security regarding forced repatriation efforts.
Additionally, several individuals linked to these courts were found to be associated with the same nonprofit group that ran an illegal Chinese police station in New York, previously exposed by the U.S. Department of Justice. That operation was found to have engaged in coercion to pressure individuals into returning to China.
“The Chinese government’s attempt to impose its repressive legal system on U.S. soil through the CCP’s United Front network is an unacceptable assault on U.S. sovereignty and the rule of law,” said Rep. John Moolenaar, a Michigan Republican and chairman of the House Select Committee on the CCP. He called for accountability and increased vigilance to counter Beijing’s illicit activities in the United States.
The Chinese government has long denied allegations of overseas law enforcement activities beyond routine consular matters. The new revelations, however, have prompted renewed scrutiny from U.S. authorities over Beijing’s covert influence operations within American borders.
