CCP ‘Currying Favour’ With NZ Police Officers: Former Spy Minister

A former Minister says a visit by 33 police to China is a classic effort by the CCP to gain influence.

New Zealand flags fly in front of The Beehive during the Commission Opening of Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on Oct. 20, 2014. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images

The group of 33 New Zealand police staff who visited China in October say the trip was intended to increase their cultural competency.

However, a former Minister in charge of New Zealand’s intelligence agencies warns the visit has all the hallmarks of a “classic effort” by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to “curry favour” with New Zealand authorities.