Australian Security Intelligence Director Burgess. (Photo of Australian)
The Australian Supreme Intelligence Agency has warned that foreign government are targeting and using their diaspora communities to "threat" and intimidate "relevant individuals and their families in Australia and abroad ".
The Australian Security Intelligence Agency (Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, ASIO) claims that foreign interference in Australia is "widespread ". There are foreign government trying to influence their diaspora ," desire to control or suppress dissidents ".
ASIO recent report on immigrant communities to the federal senate hearings did not name china. It noted, however, that the issue of foreign interference in Australia involved "covert or deceptive conduct ".
"Australia is a multicultural society with a wide variety of immigrant groups ," ASIO said. These groups of migrants are often victims of foreign interference. "
"Intervention involves threat to harm individuals or/or their families, whether they are in Australia or abroad. Foreign government may in some cases attempt to use members of their diaspora communities in Australia to monitor, direct and influence the activities of the same diaspora community. "
These threat come not only directly from foreign government representatives but also from other members of their diaspora communities. He acted on instructions from foreign government. "
The Australian newspaper reports that ASIO, headed by Burgess (Mike Burgess) are currently in contact with more than 100 ethnic and religious groups and are actively working with immigrant communities to "protect them from foreign interference attempts ".
Over recent years, from Tan Bao (Malcolm Turnbull) government to Morrison (Scott Morrion) government has been strengthening supervision, investigation and law enforcement of foreign intervention activities, and has continued to attract criticism from China.
ASIO also warned "community violence" that "violence activities among different groups within the community have intensified ".
The impact of the new crown epidemic ——— including a potential economic slide and increased public anxiety ——— could lead to the movement of disaffected populations and enable groups or individuals inciting community violence to use the pandemic to target specific minority communities. "
"There have been no large-scale violence incidents in the Australian community over the past six months ," the ASIO added. While community cohesion has been tested by the new crown epidemic and local Australians have responded to recent overseas demonstration initiatives, we do not expect large-scale community violence incidents in Australia. "
ASIO added that while Australia's level of terrorism threat remains at the "probable (probable)" level, Sunni Islam associated with small groups or individuals remain" the main source of terrorism threat ".
