May 23, 2024
RCMP says it’s opened an investigation into allegations China intimidated MP Chong and his family | CBC News

RCMP says it’s opened an investigation into allegations China intimidated MP Chong and his family | CBC News

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The head of the RCMP says the police organization has opened an investigation into allegations China attempted to target and intimate Conservative MP Michael Chong and his family.

A man in a dark suit and blue tie sits at a desk in front of a microphone.
Conservative MP for Wellington-Halton Hills Michael Chong prepares to appear as a witness at the standing committee on procedure and House affairs regarding foreign election interference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 16. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press)

The head of the RCMP says his organization has opened an investigation into allegations China attempted to target and intimate Conservative MP Michael Chong and his family. 

Commissioner Mike Duheme made the comments before the procedure and House affairs committee Tuesday morning. It has been studying an alleged 2021 Beijing plot to amass information on Chong’s family in retaliation for his efforts to recognize the persecution of Uyghurs as genocide.

The new commissioner said the force only learned about the allegation recently.

Duheme said the force also contacted the commission of Canada Elections regarding “other allegations that have come to light.”

More to come.

 

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