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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.
- DarkThoughts ( @DarkThoughts@fedia.io ) 58•7 months ago
- WTF?!
- I thought China denied that there are any Chinese “police” stations in Europe?
I hope the EU permanently cuts Hungary’s funding and takes away their voting rights now. This fascist shit in the middle of Europe has to stop.
- SubArcticTundra ( @SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ) English16•7 months ago
I wish kicking out Orbán would become a topic in the election this year
- fr0g ( @fr0g@feddit.de ) English5•7 months ago
I thought China denied that there are any Chinese “police” stations in Europe?
They deny all sorts of things:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/05/italy-home-11-unofficial-chinese-police-stations-world
230,000 Chinese “persuaded to return” from abroad, China to establish Extraterritoriality — (Sep 2022)
A new law adopted 2 September, going into effect 1 December, establishes full extraterritoriality over Chinese and foreigners globally for certain crimes (fraud, telecom fraud, online scams, etc.)
A follow-up to this investigation with additional information, ‘Patrol and Persuade’, has been released in Dec 2022, and again in Nov 2023, ‘China’s Consular Volunteers.’
There are lot of other reports across the web, e.g., for Netherlands, the U.S., and many others.
- Sordid ( @Sordid@beehaw.org ) English36•7 months ago
I guess I was wrong about Orbán. He seemed to want his boots licked, turns out he wants to be a bootlicker. Go figure.
- crispy_kilt ( @crispy_kilt@feddit.de ) English15•7 months ago
It’s like the human centipede, but it’s a circle, Putler, Orban, Xi.
- Hubi ( @Hubi@feddit.de ) English29•7 months ago
I had to do a double take on that headline. What the hell, it’s actually real.
- Blackout ( @Blackout@kbin.run ) 17•7 months ago
You see police brutality from wish.com is 70% cheaper than local police brutality so this is a win for every Hungarian
- AItoothbrush ( @AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip ) English13•7 months ago
Oh my god im so fucking lucky i moved away from that shithole. Sadly my sister goes to school there and my grandmother still lives there.
- SubArcticTundra ( @SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ) English4•7 months ago
F
- Che Banana ( @The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org ) English13•7 months ago
Looks like the EU parliament needs to say “no fucking way”…so maybe in 5-10 years Hungary will get a sternly written letter.
But hey, I phones have to have USB-Cs so…
…yeah
- federalreverse-old ( @federalreverse@feddit.de ) English8•7 months ago
USB-C on phones is a good thing. The reason why the USB-C requirement passed while pressure on the Hungarian government fails is not because more people worked on the USB-C directive than work on strategies to pressure the Hungarian government. Rather there were considerably fewer people working against the USB-C directive.
- Che Banana ( @The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org ) English1•7 months ago
I was being ficticios…silly…ironic…
- ThermoToaster ( @ThermoToaster@exng.meme ) English8•7 months ago
Are they like fining Chinese tourist there or what are they supposed to do? Ignoring the fact that foreign police has no say on Hungarian soil.
- Turun ( @Turun@feddit.de ) English6•7 months ago
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.
- wahming ( @wahming@monyet.cc ) English10•7 months ago
Are there incidents of overseas Chinese not listening to the Hungarian police? If not, what’s the justification here?
- Turun ( @Turun@feddit.de ) English1•7 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.
- Darkenfolk ( @Darkenfolk@dormi.zone ) English4•7 months ago
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.
- Turun ( @Turun@feddit.de ) English1•7 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.