Episode 1667 • • 2:37:14 - 2:41:53
1667: Heavy Tail
China Secret Police, Global Dissident Tracking and Red Pepper
A former Chinese spy named Eric defected to Australia and revealed the inner workings of the "First Bureau," a unit dedicated to tracking and "snatching" dissidents overseas. The report details how agents use elaborate traps, such as fake job offers in Southeast Asia, to lure targets back to China. One specific case involved a political cartoonist known as "Red Pepper," who was nearly trapped in Cambodia before being warned by reporters.