India, June 20 -- Paris [France] June 20 (ANI) French authorities have dismantled nine alleged clandestine Chinese 'police stations' operating across the country, in what observers describe as one of Europe's most significant actions against Beijing's suspected overseas surveillance and influence apparatus, as reported by Phayul.

According to Phayul, French counterintelligence agencies reportedly uncovered and shut down the facilities, which were allegedly disguised as cultural, community and business associations, primarily in and around Paris. Investigators believe the centres functioned as unofficial extensions of China's public security system, monitoring members of the Chinese diaspora, collecting intelligence and pressuring critics...