Quebec Chinese community members want answers after RCMP ends ‘police station’ probe

By Canadian Press on September 30, 2025.

MONTREAL — Members of Montreal’s Chinese community say they have many questions after the RCMP closed an investigation into two community centres suspected of acting as clandestine police stations for the Chinese Communist Party.

The executive director of the two Montreal-area centres says she’s happy the investigation has come to a close.

But Xixi Li says she still wants to know why the investigation happened in the first place, and why she only learned about it from the media.

Quebec RCMP announced in early 2023 that they were investigating two Montreal-area non-profit organizations for allegedly hosting secret Chinese government police stations.

The force recently confirmed it has closed the investigation, and is not recommending that charges be laid for the moment.

But Li and other community members say the highly publicized allegations caused enormous damage, including financial hardship and emotional distress.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 30, 2025.

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