Yes, definitely. In fact, the U.S. Department of Justice last year indicted this Massachusetts man. The indictment is up online, and the trial continues to happen. I believe he's been bailed out right now with some conditions. I can definitely follow up with you with the information.
As it was happening in 2019, obviously there was a lot of media coverage on the protests that I was mentioning. The rally was organized in Boston in support of the protest that was happening in Hong Kong.
What made it so profoundly terrifying is that, before we organized this rally in August, it was all very peaceful. People were well received and very welcoming, knowing more about this issue. We started off in June. That's when the movement happened in Hong Kong. From that period of time, from June to August, we had never seen such coordinated and large opposition or any sort of attention from the Chinese community at all.
Then in August, when that march happened, it got so much attention. Boston was not the only place facing this kind of backlash. There were protest rallies on the same day in Australia. I believe some of them were in Canada, in Vancouver and Toronto. All of the people who attended those rallies witnessed violent attempts from the other side.
I think this draws lines for us to see the global scope of transnational repression by the CCP. The United Front Work Department is essentially an international network. They work with local organizers and people on the ground in different countries to coordinate these campaigns of intimidation and threats against the pro-democracy activists on the ground.
I thought this was information that I wanted like to share with the committee. I think it demonstrates how large the influence of CCP is in our society. It brings us to see that this issue needs to be tackled not just domestically in Canada. Canada should also work with and collaborate with other countries multilaterally to tackle it.