Spy Agency Official Takes Helm at China’s Petition Office
Chinese police officers wear protective masks as they patrol before the Chinese New Year at a Beijing railway station in Beijing, China on Jan. 23, 2020. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
In a sign of the Chinese regime’s growing fear of popular discontent, a top State Security official has been appointed as the new head of the state petition office, a deputy-cabinet level agency responsible for hearing public complaints.
