Another Chinese Defector

Well isn't this interesting!

SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) -- A second Chinese defector has reinforced claims by fugitive diplomat Chen Yonglin that China is running a network of spies and paid informers in Australia.

The new claims were broadcast on Australian television on Tuesday night by a man who identified himself as Hao Fengjun. He said he was once part of China's internal security apparatus.

Chen, consul for political affairs at the consulate-general in Sydney, has been on the run since he left his post on May 26 and sought political asylum from the Australian government for himself, his wife Jin Ping and their six-year-old daughter Chen Fangrong.

Chen, 37, claims China has a network of 1,000 spies and informers in Australia and has kidnapped dissidents.

So much for the facade of China being a strategic ally. I'm not saying that China's an enemy, but they've certainly got more skeletons in their closet with every passing month.