China launches political policing task force: State media

New agency established on the same day that a Beijing law professor and outspoken critic of Xi Jinping was detained. Write Aljazeera..

China has launched a special task force to ramp up political policing to maintain social stability, according to the official Procuratorial Daily. It is latest move to rein in dissent over Beijing’s handling of the coronavirus and protests in Hong Kong.

The task force should “crack down on all kinds of infiltration, subversion, sabotage, violent terrorist activities, ethnic separatist activities, and extreme religious activities,” it said, citing undated notes from a meeting of the task force.

The news of the task force came on the same day that a Beijing law professor who has been an outspoken critic of China’s ruling Communist Party and President Xi Jinping was taken away by authorities.

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