Beijing's ambassador in Ottawa questioned over apparent police stations operating in CanadaBeijing's ambassador in Canada has been summoned to explain reports of China setting up what amount to rogue police stations in the Toronto area to harass Chinese expats, politicians have been told.Key points:- Beijing denies the accusations and says the outposts were set up to offer services abroad- Canadian federal police said they have been investigating claims that Chinese expatriates have been harassed- Unsealed documents show similar actions by China in the US were coordinated from TorontoOttawa formally raised concerns about three outposts of among more than 50 worldwide recently identified by Spain-based human rights group Safeguard Defenders, Weldon Epp, a senior foreign ministry official, told a special parliamentary committee on Canada-China relations.In a September report, the NGO said the stations "serve a far more sinister and wholly illegal purpose" than Beijing has acknowledged, including tracking and pursuing targets.A recently unsealed indictment in the United States in a case of foreign interference against seven Chinese nationals described an example of a person accused of embezzlement and living in Canada who was in 2018 pressed into returning to China, and eventually went "despite initially not wanting to go back."Spokeswoman Mao Ning added that its public security agencies "strictly abide by international law and fully respect the judicial sovereignty of other countries.""