• DankZedong A
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    172 years ago

    Oh man I saw that pop up today in the Dutch news.

    Currently Turkey, Syria, Iran, Russia and China and I´m sure some other countries are getting accused of setting up police bureaus in The Netherlands to intimidate their citizens.

    The Dutch news said these bureaus function as a way for Chinese people in The NL to get some of their Chinese documents updated, but there is ´something off about them´. And then they go off with one Chinese guy with an outstanding arrest warrant in China getting ´stalked´ by said bureaus with only his side of the story.

    • @PolandIsAStateOfMind
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      132 years ago

      Alternative title: “Netherlands cannot control their own territory”

      • @Shrike502
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        62 years ago

        What European country could be said to be fully in charge of itself after 1991?

        • @PolandIsAStateOfMind
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          52 years ago

          Considering the area of extrateritorial bases they have, USA - it have more territory in Europe than some countries.

    • @SpaceDogs
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      112 years ago

      But isn’t that what embassy’s are for???

      • DankZedong A
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        152 years ago

        It is actually. Not saying it’s not a bit fishy to be honest. But the only source the news is giving is this one guy that’s wanted in China and no other people. So we have this station that mainly seems to focus on administrative work except for this one wanted guy that keeps getting followed, and no one else for some reason.

        I have some Chinese friends in The Netherlands and neither them or other Chinese people they know are ever stalked like all the wild stories they hear.

        • @SpaceDogs
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          92 years ago

          I clearly don’t know much about global law enforcement, but I thought if there was a warrant for your arrest and a government agency caught wind of it, wouldn’t that mean they’d have to arrest you? Especially if the agency is from the country that you were charged in?

          I’ve seen people get arrested even when they’ve fled the country so I’m a bit confused as to why this guys case is such a big deal. I’m not simping for the cops or anything lol, just thought this was standard procedure…

          P.S. the only person I can think of that fled the country and wasn’t arrested is Edward Snowden. He’s way more well known than this guy.

          • DankZedong A
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            If the country you flee to works together with the country looking for you, then yes they will probably arrest and extradite you.

            If not, then the country does not have to do anything. This is the reason some fugitives flee to embassies in their own country. Mainly embassies that don’t extradite you to another country. Assange did this in London.

            Walking into your own embassy while you have an arrest warrant to your name will result in you getting arrested. I’ve worked with political refugees and when they had to do their paperwork it would always be a pain in the ass, as we could not bring them to the embassy.

            • @SpaceDogs
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              72 years ago

              Thanks for the explanation, makes a lot more sense now. So it’s just normal diplomatic shit. I went searching for the article for more details and there’s literally no evidence, it’s just an embassy. So disingenuous.

              • DankZedong A
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                92 years ago

                The problem is that it’s not an official embassy and they should not be able to do the things they claim to do. You can ask the Chinese why exactly they do it this way, as an official embassy should be enough for this. But no, it’s evil commie shit of course.