A former Chinese official, now residing in the United States, has exposed Beijing's vast surveillance network, which monitors citizens not only at home but also overseas, including in America. The whistleblower detailed how certain government programs function.
Ma Ruilin, who now runs a Chinese restaurant in New York, said he was involved in designing and carrying out policies that targeted religious minorities in China. He also described the growing power of the United Front Work Department (UFWD), a branch of the Communist Party where he worked as a deputy secretary.
Explaining his decision to leave China, Ma said it was not a sudden move, but rather a gradual unhappiness with the policies he was helping implement in Beijing. "The system has always been evil. If you don't leave, you'll keep doing evil there," he told CNN.
"I know all the details, everything that happened in the Xinjiang camps, the little things, how cruel it was, how they did things, how they 'managed' people," he added.
Ruilin, who belonged to the Chinese-speaking Muslim minority, alleged that his department was instructed to take strict action against certain religious sites. This included shutting down some mosques, removing architectural features such as domes and expelling imams.
He further claimed that officials hired informants within communities to report on religious activities. Surveillance cameras were also installed in and around mosques, including one in Gansu province. People linked to...
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