Secret Chinese spying operations in Australia revealed | Four Corners
For the first time ever, a former spy for China’s notorious secret police - one of the most powerful arms of the country’s intelligence apparatus - goes public, exposing the covert and illegal operations he was ordered to carry out on foreign soil and the dissidents he was tasked with tracking, including in Australia, Canada, India, Cambodia and Thailand.
In a major investigation reported by the ABC’s Echo Hui, the spy - who goes by the name Eric - comes out of the shadows at great danger to himself, revealing his face to expose how China has used its global network over the last two decades to surveil, silence and kidnap those its government and president Xi Jinping deems enemies of the state.
The spy divulges his double life and the secrets he’s been guarding. He reveals the inner workings of the secret police, including the companies they use as cover, who his targets were, and the tactics he used to hunt them down.
It raises tough questions about China’s global reach and Australia’s national security.
Read more about this story here: www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-1...
Read more about Eric's story here: ab.co/4dFexeK
This episode was originally broadcast as ‘Ruthless Pursuit’ on 13 May 2024 on ABC TV and ABC iview.
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Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated.
00:00 - A spy speaks out
02:11 - The escape
04:21 - Investigating China's secret police
10:30 - Running from China
22:19 - An enemy of the state
30:15 - Secret international operations
40:45 - International law
42:43 - Security threat
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Not only Australia.....all over the world !
Australian government needs to wake up and step up.
Great work ABC 🎉 hopefully this video will be promoted on the Chinese ABC newsletter too. The Chinese who live in Australia deserve to know the truth too.
Also in the Philippines....
I find this no surprise at all but thankyou for bringing it out.
These guys are very brave
Why I am not that surprised!
Just tip of the iceberg.
It's quality work like this that the ABC is most famous for. The stories other news outlets don't dare run !
Not suprised Here also in the Philippines and they want to took our land also.
wow only now they have noticed. this has been going on for a long long time
They’ve been doing this all over the Philippines 🇵🇭 too. And they’ve also had a growing presence in Canada 🇨🇦.
Great job ABC! It's important that stories like this be told. And to those in the comments who are saying "what's the big deal? All countries do this. What's the difference between this and what the CIA does?" the key difference is that the CCP has VERY different ideas of what a "crime" is than most of the rest of the world. Political opposition/criticism and political cartooning are not crimes in democracies.
So fascinating that this is the first time I’ve seen a person who has been able to do this
A Chinese Spy walks into ASIO
Please share this video with all that you know.
make it viral pls
Now the whole world will know the dark side of China
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Everyone knows, they just don't care, or worse, they wish they could do the same...
I would like to know what the Chinese people think about this?
Mind blowing
What an absolutely outstanding and also damning story by the ABC! Well done to Echo Hui for the work she’s put into this, and also to Eric for bravely risking his life for freedom and liberty!
As a Chinese in Australia, I'm very shocked.
also here in the Philippines
Insightful
Thank you for this inspiring journalism. Its truly amazing.
not surprised but thank you for the insight.
Great video.
Absolutely epic report! Or dare I say, absolutely Eric report!
Also in philippines
This is such a bad image for Australia due to failure of resolving and helping these victims. I used to think Australians are wild and strong...perhaps not in these important areas
Mortifying and not bloody surprising whatsoever !!
Im not surprised at all. From New Zealand
China is too good a customer for Australia to take any action on this.
Not surprised...
Take care and be strong , praying for you all .
World need to wake up
KNEW IT!!
Shared.
Thanks for sharing.
He choose to reveal all of these for his own safety, else he might still carry out such activities.
Also in the Japan….
fire investigation
Also in Philippines
The Meth Highway episode recently released was brilliant. If anyone knows who that journalist was I am very interested to know
Not surprised !
Why would he risk his and his family life
It would be hard to be a spy and not keep it a secret. lol
Thank you!
thank you
Wow. Amazing exposure for something everyone knows. .
Wow, what a surprise! 🙌 Better late than never I guess...
His wife literally saved Rebel Pepper's life.
wow...
I'm proud of ABC. Not even Australian…
Journalism is alive ❤
So scary
Are they in America?
very Informative
Espionage is an never ending profession!
Why is he in Australia.?
Will you please add subtitles to this episode?
Sounds like Australia!
What about Indonesia?
👍👍👍
I wonder if they are in America?
Keep on spinning
norway its alot
I'm almost impressed the ABC covered this. Good work. Why there isn't an inquisition into this boggles the mind..
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GREED OF POWER
ÅÅÅåååstralia........
hahahaha
Can ABC also do a report on Australian, Americans, UK spies? thanks
the bg music is annoying af
What’s there to spy
What could China possibly want from us here in Australia? Trust me, not a lot happens here. It's kind of boring to tell you the truth.
CCP is becoming something huh
I spy with my little eye, something beginning wiiiith - CCP
you mean like the cia?
😮
They are nothing comparing to our CIA
So scared 🤔
😅😂😂😂
All country did the exact same thing, that why all have their own inteligence service
Nonsense
😅 Traitor
No difference with western the do same thing
Thx ABC for the entertainment.
All nations do it. Not just china.
Crocodile Dundee will save them
What country doesn't do this?
this happens everywhere by all governments nothing special here
First to comment
so does every other country 😆
The decline of Australian media
all old news
What about the cia 😂😂😂
just a Chinese version of the CIA
How about investigating western interference in other nations?
They should not be exposed.