http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26029093-5001561,00.html By Cameron Stewart The Australian September 05, 2009 A PANCAKE Parlour restaurant and a cafe in the Block Arcade in central Melbourne are unlikely places to discuss claims of Chinese espionage. But these were among the venues chosen for meetings between ASIO officers and employees of the Australian arm of the Chinese telecom giant Huawei. ASIO officers have travelled to Melbourne and Sydney this year to meet Huawei whistleblowers, after the domestic spy agency received information alleging that some Huawei technicians and executives had direct links with the Chinese People's Liberation Army and to the Chinese government. The allegations made by current and former Huawei employees to ASIO were that the Chinese telecommunications company, which has operations across the globe, was not the purely commercial enterprise it claimed to be. Rather than being a privately owned company that exists only to make profits on the sales of telecom equipment, Huawei's operations in Australia were controlled by the Chinese government, the employees claimed, and several other employees had close links with the PLA. These employees told ASIO they believed the hi-tech Huawei was involved in cyber espionage against Australian interests, but when grilled by ASIO, were unable to produce firm evidence of espionage activities. [...] ________________________________________ Please Donate to the Ron Santo Walk to Cure Diabetes with Ethan's Crew! http://www.c4i.org/ethan.htmlReceived on Tue Sep 08 2009 - 00:19:30 PDT
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