Moment police question Australian academic over bogus email threats

• Chinese Critic Andrew Phelan Arrested Over Vile Fake Email
• He believes that the Communist Party was behind the message.

This is the shocking moment an Australian academic is questioned by police over vile threats he allegedly made to “rape and kill” a Chinese-Australian journalist.

Andrew Phelan, a businessman and vocal critic of the Chinese Communist Party, was arrested by four armed policemen at his melbourne House in Australia’s day this year.

He was accused of sending an email to a young woman saying: ‘Go back to Porcelainbitch and if you don’t, I’ll come find you and I’ll hit your yellow f****, I’ll slit your throat.

‘At least then you’ll bleed red, the color of the CCP, bitch.’

Police interview footage of Mr Phelan shows him completely stunned upon hearing the words allegedly written in his name.

“I would never, ever, in a month of Sundays, use that kind of language with women or anyone else,” he tells the officers.

After grueling questioning, police established that the email had been sent by a fake account pretending to be him.

It was surreal. Incredibly confronted. It was horrible, I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy,” Phelan told 60 Minutes.

Phelan, who was a fellow at the Australia-China Council’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, had no doubts who was behind the vicious message.

“I think this has been done under the auspices of the MSS, China’s Ministry of State Security,” he said.

“I think they are targeting Westerners who have criticized the CCP in the public square.”

60 Minutes also spoke with human rights activist Drew Pavlou, who was arrested while protesting outside the Chinese embassy in London last year.

Pavlou alleges that the Chinese regime made a false bomb threat on his behalf, potentially leaving him facing 12 years in prison.

For six months after his arrest, he received more than 40 emails threatening to kill him, and his mother also suffered a campaign to get her fired.

The show also heard from Australian political artist Badiucao, who lived in China for 20 years before seeking refuge here.

He is considered an enemy of the state for his art, which often paints Chinese communist leader Xi Jinping as a tyrant.

Badiucao says the Chinese authorities have put so much pressure on local galleries that he is unable to exhibit his work in Australia and has been forced to sever ties with his family in China to keep them safe.

He has also received death threats almost daily.

“No matter how far you are in Australia, in America, in Europe, if you offend China, they will kill you,” he said. 60 minutes.

The show also shed light on the so-called Overseas Chinese Police Service Stations, which are supposedly secret Chinese police stations operating in more than 50 countries around the world.

Documents from Chinese authorities suggest there are two secret stations located in Australia, according to 60 Minutes.

Australian authorities deny they are operating despite China reportedly publicizing their existence.

The Chinese press covered a ceremony establishing the supposed station in Sydney, but it went unnoticed in Australia.

A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Australia told Nine that “there are no so-called overseas police stations.”

‘Relevant institutions helped overseas Chinese who were unable to return to China due to the pandemic to renew their driver’s license and take a physical examination.

‘They are not so-called police stations or police service centers at all.

‘The local Chinese groups that helped provide venues for the services and volunteers are Chinese from local communities who are willing to help their compatriots, not Chinese police personnel.

“In light of the evolving COVID situation and the relevant services now available online, the relevant service centers have been closed.”