Huawei has become a topic of discussion related to the national security risk and such discussions have sparked after the U.S. government put the Chinese giant on Entity List, effectively banning the company in the United States.
The reason behind the ban given was the national security risk without providing any type of proof to back that claim. Now it seems that Huawei is in no mood to tolerate such talks and is trying to curb the spread of such talks.
In an unprecedented move, China-based Huawei Technologies has filed three defamation claims in Paris over comments made during television programs by a French researcher, a broadcast journalist and a telecommunications sector expert. However, it’s not yet clear if the prosecutor will accept the claim and launch a formal investigation.
This was reported by La Lettre A, an online investigative newsletter and the company has also confirmed that it has filed such claims with French law enforcement authorities in March this year.
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The development comes at a time when Huawei, the world’s leading telecommunications gear maker, is seeking to bid for a piece of the future 5G network in Europe’s second-largest economy and in countries like Germany.
In a statement, Huawei said that its claims “concern only statements that Huawei is a company controlled by the Chinese State and the Chinese Communist Party, led by a former member of the ‘counter-intelligence’ and using its technological expertise in telecom networks to commit acts of espionage against the Western world.” The company has also added that “these statements are false.”
Huawei is now resorting to legal measures as national security agencies in Europe and the US have signaled concerns over the potential risks of using the company’s equipment. It has also sued the U.S. government for barring its equipment from certain networks, a legal riposte to American accusations that it aids China in espionage.
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