Tom Tugendhat, the British security minister, stated on Tuesday that China had shut down alleged “police service stations” at locations around the UK and that an inquiry had not turned up any evidence of criminal activities by the Chinese government at these locations.

In the past, Britain has called claims of unregistered police stations in the nation “extremely concerning” and said it was unacceptable for China or other countries to intimidate foreign individuals while they were on British land.

In a written submission to parliament, Tugendhat said that British police had looked into reports made by the non-governmental human rights organisation “Safeguard Defenders” that similar police stations were running at three British locations.