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Jack Gramenz

No 'evidence of coercion' in Chinese police operations

Ian McCartney says Chinese secret police had been allowed to interview people in Australia. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Federal police facilitated agents from the Chinese Ministry of Public Security interviewing Australian residents, some of whom returned to China.

But the process that allowed it to happen is no longer being used following a "change in environment" and increased concerns about foreign interference, Australian Federal Police deputy commissioner Ian McCartney told senate estimates.

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