Chinese Puppets Exposed: a Finnish Political Scandal
16th of January 2020, Finnish news magazine Suomen Kuvalehti reported that Mika Niikko and Ville Vähämäki, two members of parliament for the right wing populist Finns Party, had possible ties with the Chinese government that they had not disclosed. Niikko especially has been under scrutiny because of his role as the head of parliaments foreign affairs committee. Despite new developments in the story making the situation worse for the two men, the story has not received enough attention nor has it brought any consequences towards them. This is why I feel responsibility to try and do my part in keeping this story alive. I will apologize in advance about the lack of English language sources. Quite simply, Finnish politics in general do not attract that much international attention. Additionally, most of the reporting by Suomen Kuvalehti, who originally broke the story is behind a paywall. I'll link the English stories some of the Finnish articles here but you have been warned. Li...