This episode deeply deconstructs Operations “Fox Hunt” and “Skynet”—two initiatives tied to the HKETO espionage case—to reveal how Beijing extends its long arm into the UK to carry out transnational repression against overseas Hongkongers.

How did a private asset dispute involving HKD160 million instantly catch the attention of the central government in Beijing? We will reveal how Australian billionaire Tina Zou took her battle from the Public Security Bureau in Jilin Province and the Hong Kong Police Force all the way to London. Her goal: to track down and drag back Monica Kwong, a key witness in the HKETO espionage case. How did former high-ranking Hong Kong police officer Bill Yuen and former UK Border Force officer Peter Wai use illicit means to conduct “shadow policing operations” and covert surveillance in the UK?

We cross-referenced the official commentary on the Supervision Law of the People’s Republic of China. Shockingly, “Kidnapping” and “Luring arrest” are explicitly listed as “unconventional” yet “relatively common” measures for overseas fugitives!

Data from Xi Jinping’s globally feared “Fox Hunt” and “Skynet” operations shows that out of the 14,000 people captured over a 10-year period, as many as 11,000 were ordinary Chinese citizens—neither party members nor government officials. While this “long arm of the state” reaching overseas ultimately fell into the legal dragnet of MI5, its aggressive tactics of transnational repression have thoroughly challenged the freedom and rule of law that Western societies pride themselves on.