FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — A Chinese spy’s defection to Australia after growing too close to a female Falun Gong target has lifted the veil on Beijing’s network of agents used to monitor overseas dissidents, and the tactics used to ensure their obedience.

The man’s dramatic inside account – accepted by the most senior officer of the Refugee Review Tribunal – reveals how the defector was recruited from a police academy and required to pose as an international student to observe other young Chinese overseas.

Read more in The Australian.