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Try unlimited access just for €1 first month. Subscribe or Sign in Crime & Law CHINESE OVERSEAS POLICE STATION IN DUBLIN ORDERED TO SHUT DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TOLD CHINESE EMBASSY TO CLOSE ‘POLICE SERVICE STATION’ IN DUBLIN CITY Expand The Department of Foreign Affairs informed the Chinese embassy that the office on Capel Street should close and cease operations. Photograph Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times Jack Power Conor Gallagher Thu Oct 27 2022 - 05:00 Subscribe to unlock this feature. Sign in or Subscribe The Department of Foreign Affairs ordered a Chinese “police service station” operating in Dublin city centre to close, following scrutiny over the activities of the overseas offices. The Fuzhou Police Overseas Service Station opened earlier this year in an office building on Capel Street, which it shared with other Chinese organisations. The presence of the station, which the Chinese embassy said only offered Chinese nationals administrative assistance such as helping with drivers’ licence renewals, had come under increased scrutiny in recent months. A report from human rights group Safeguard Defenders said the station is part of a worldwide network of overseas Chinese law enforcement offices, some of which have been known to “persuade” Chinese emigrants to return home, sometimes to face criminal charges. READ MORE TIBNIN BRIDGE, PART THREE: FACE TO FACE WITH A KILLER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEAMUS COLEMAN’S LOVE OF THE GAME REMAINS UNDIMMED DESPITE MARCH OF TIME -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ‘THIS IS THE GRIMMEST ITEM WE’VE EVER DONE, BUT WE’RE LAUGHING. 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In a statement on Wednesday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said neither Chinese authorities nor officials from the Fujian province or Fuzhou city sought permission from the department to set up the station in Dublin. As a result, department officials raised the presence of the police service station with the Chinese embassy in recent weeks. “The Department noted that actions of all foreign states on Irish territory must be in compliance with international law and domestic law requirements,” a spokesman said. “On this basis, the Department informed the Embassy that the office on Capel Street should close and cease operations.” The Chinese embassy had confirmed “that the activities of the office have ceased,” the spokesman said. In a statement, the Chinese embassy said the station had been set up to help citizens from Fujian province renew driving licenses that had expired during the Covid-19 pandemic. “ Now the Fujian Provincial authorities have announced that the driving licenses can be renewed online by mobile, so the activities carried by the facility were terminated,” it said. A significant proportion of the Chinese community in Ireland are believed to come from Fuzhou, a city of eight million people in the Fujian province on China’s southeast coast. At the start of this month signage for the station was removed from the front of the Capel Street building, but the embassy would not respond to queries about whether the station had ceased operating. 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