New Zealand’s visa application centre in Beijing was hastily switched to a company owned by the Beijing police after intervention from Chinese security authorities, according to official documents. VFS insists that the relationship is a benign one and that “Beijing police does not collect or view any visa application data.”. But briefings released under the Official Information Act show that parts of this arrangement were put in place at the express wishes of the Public Security Bureau. The Ministry for Public Security is the main security authority in China and oversees all of the regional Public Security Bureaus. Nowhere in the email is it mentioned that Beijing Shuangxiong was ultimately owned by the Beijing Public Security Bureau.

Source: Stuff May 03, 2021 03:33 UTC