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Original Title: Canadian Lawmaker Testifies Chinese Students Were Bused In to Elect Him - Han Dong, a member of Parliament who is accused of benefiting from the Chinese government’s help, testified at a public hearing on foreign interference.
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Testifying during a public hearing in Ottawa, the Parliament member, Han Dong, a Chinese-Canadian politician formerly from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party, said that he had met and sought the support of the students from a private high school in 2019, but that he did not know who had chartered or paid for the bus on the day of the election.
A Canadian intelligence report disclosed during the hearing said there were indications that a “known proxy agent” of the Chinese Consulate had provided the students “with falsified documents to allow them to vote” even though they did not reside in Mr. Dong’s electoral district.
The inquiry was called after a series of intelligence leaks to the Canadian news media indicated that the Chinese government had interfered in both elections by supporting candidates favorable to its policies and by undermining its critics.
In recent years, Canadian intelligence officials have issued public warnings about China’s intensifying efforts to sway votes in the populous suburbs of Toronto and Vancouver, which are home to Canada’s biggest Chinese diasporas.
A government-appointed special rapporteur said last year that the party election had been marked by “irregularities,” including “busing in of people and students,” and that there was “well-grounded suspicion” that Mr. Dong had benefited from the consulate’s support.
And a lawyer for a human rights organization pointed out during Tuesday’s hearing that authoritarian governments can coerce foreign students or diaspora members to vote in a certain way through various means, including monitoring cellphones and social media.
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