Overview

• Federal police confirmed they ended investigations into Chinese Family Services of Greater Montreal and the Centre Sino-Québec de la Rive-Sud with no charges laid.
• Both centres had been publicly identified as sites of alleged secret Chinese police outposts, a claim their leaders reject.
• Centre director Xixi Li says funding fell by about 70 percent, or roughly $700,000 to $800,000 annually, after the probe became public.
• Li reports the Chinatown centre’s staff dropped from nearly 30 to five and services to thousands of clients were curtailed.
• The organisations and Li plan a $4.9 million defamation lawsuit to seek answers about the RCMP’s conduct, and the force declined to comment.