UK Investigating Unofficial Chinese Police Outposts

A police officer gestures to a journalist not to photograph in Beijing, on March 5, 2021. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images

British police are investigating reports of three unofficial Chinese police stations operating in the UK, a Home Office minister confirmed on Tuesday.

Security Minister Tom Tugendhat also told MPs that the government is assessing the reports, as well as other actions by Chinese officials that are “incompatible with diplomatic status.”