The Australian Federal Police (AFP) will not renew its memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China’s National Commission of Supervision (NCS), which was signed in December 2018. The decision came after international human rights groups raised concerns about the agreement, alleging that it allowed Beijing to abuse human rights on a global level. Ian McCartney, Deputy Commissioner for the AFP, stated that there had been a change in the bilateral relationship with China and that there was minimal interaction with the NCS. Safeguard Defenders, an international human rights group, warned that China’s NCS is guilty of crimes against humanity through its Liuzhi system for enforced disappearances and its FoxHunt operation across 120 countries. The AFP denied Safeguard Defenders’ Freedom of Information request to access the content of the agreement and portrayed a lack of understanding about its Chinese partner. Australia is the only developed nation to maintain such an agreement after Denmark did not renew its previous one. Chen Yonglin, a former Chinese diplomat who defected to Australia, welcomed the AFP’s decision to stop cooperating with the NCS, stating that it was not just about anti-drugs and anti-money laundering but also about fulfilling the CCP’s objectives and targeting dissident voices and groups that are not favourable to the Party.