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Chinese police will patrol in Hungary alongside Hungarian officers after an agreement with Budapest, raising fears of Beijing oppression being meted out in Europe (www.telegraph.co.uk)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hungary’s interior ministry claimed the deal would improve safety in tourist hotspots or during events that attract large numbers of spectators.

But the plan has drawn criticism from those concerned the agreement will be abused by communist China, which has a lengthy record of human rights abuses.

The patrols could be the first step to establishing secret police stations or used to intimidate the overseas Chinese community, they warned.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Sketchy af, but my opinion will depend alot on what exactly will be done.

In certain places in Germany (e.g. Nürnberg train station) the US military police is patrolling (or used to patrol) together with regular German police, because there have been incidents in the past of US army personnel not listening to german police.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Are there incidents of overseas Chinese not listening to the Hungarian police? If not, what's the justification here?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I don't know, I'm just saying there could be actual reasons for it and it's not a bad thing per se.

Edit: the article says the justification is

helping to improve communication between the citizens and the authorities of the two countries

There are a ton of Chinese speakers. I can imagine small tourist spots getting overwhelmed during Chinese school holidays. Having translators with some authority can greatly increase crowd control.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

What a weird solution to a foreign power soldiers not obeying local law enforcement. Just lock them up, or let the German soldiers handle it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The German military is not allowed to act inside the country. Only exception is natural disaster relief. We have special police forces for high stakes situations like terrorist attacks.

But when there is a fight between 20 well trained soldiers who just don't give a fuck, what is the police supposed to do? Besides, the army police has more leverage and can influence the soldiers career and stuff as well.

It's not an ideal solution. Having a foreign entity project power - yikes! (even if it is just for their own subjects) but it's a solution.

[–] danl 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Seems pretty elegant to me. Don’t U.S. troops have a whole bunch of additional military laws? This way local police don’t need to learn all of that nonsense and the U.S. military get to hold their people to that higher standard while also helping each other out. Probably cheaper and better results for both?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

In this particular case it was less about higher standards and more about not listening to local law enforcement.