Chinese Spies Infiltrate Canadian Government?

On September 8, Bob Dechert, Canadian Conservative MP,
Minister of Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Secretary,
was exposed of having ambiguous email communications
with Shi Rong, a reporter of Xinhua News Agency in Toronto.
On September 9, Dechert admitted sending those emails
and made an apology.
Canadian media described Xinhua News Agency as a Chinese
intelligence agency, questioning whether Chinese spies
have infiltrated the Canadian government. Chinese
Communist Party (CCP) spies are receiving attention again.

According to newspaper Globe and Mail, on September 8,
about 240 people in media, academic and political areas
received many emails, sent by Congressman Dechert
to Shi Rong, a reporter of Xinhua News Agency in Toronto.
The emails included "You are very beautiful," "I miss you"
and other flirtatious content.
Globe and Mail published part of the emails.

On September 9, Dechert issued a statement on
an official website, admitting he had sent the emails,
and apologized to those harmed. But he denied any mistakes.

Dechert said in the statement that Shi Rong's email account
was hacked due to family disputes.
Globe and Mail quoted Shi Rong's words,
saying her husband hacked her email account.
Globe and Mail reported that the CCP has been actively
engaged in foreign intelligence gathering.
In 2010, Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
Secretary Richard Fadden warned
that CCP spies had infiltrated Canadian politics.

In western countries, anti-spy organizations
always treat Xinhua News Agency as an intelligence agency.
In 2003, Canadian federal government fired a Chinese staff.
It was discovered she once worked for Xinhua News Agency,
and still maintained contacts with it
when working at the federal government.
Former reporter of China's Private Businesses magazine,
columnist Liu Yiming, told NTD that as a reporter,
one should have ethics in this profession.

Liu Yiming: "Reporters should work on news,
instead of engaging in espionage.
Many Chinese official media overseas have reporters
with double identities, a reporter and a spy.
Chen Zhonghe is three-time championship winner
of Taichi Chuan,
and is also chairman of the Hubei Branch of China's
Democratic Party (CDP).

Chen Zhonghe (Chairman, CDP, Hubei): "Many spies
were sent here from mainland China,
and many Chinese reporters are spies too.
It's possible that they gathered intelligence,
hooked in Canadian government officials,
and suppressed pro-democracy activists in China."

At the end of June 2010, CSIS Secretary Fadden pointed out
in a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) interview,
that some government officials in Canada and Canadian
democracy are being affected by secret foreign forces.
Half of the anti-spyware expenses of CSIS are used
to deal with the CCP spies.
Fadden's exposure of CCP spies infiltrating Canadian
political leaders caused an uproar in the western world.
The Epoch Times reported, that Guo Guoting, a renowned
human rights lawyer who understands CCP's system in depth,
said: "It is the CCP's strategies, and policies,"

"It certainly is true, and the situation is much more serious."
Chen Yonglin, a former Chinese diplomat in Australia
has repeatedly said that a Chinese internal document reveals
that there are a large number of overseas Chinese spies
and informers. With roughly 1,000 of them based in Canada.
He also pointed out that global Chinese organizations,
such as Federation of Chinese Associations and
China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National
Unification (CCPPR)
and other groups, are all tools of the CCP.