The chief financial officer of Huawei, has been arrested and the company linked to the Chinese government. This plays on this time around Huawei.

From different countries, there was the last time a lot of distrust of Huawei. This week came the Chinese company, mainly in the news due to the arrest of chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou. But there is more to the story.

Mix is the daughter of the chairman and founder of Huawei, Ren Zhengfei. At the beginning of december she was during a transfer to the airport of the Canadian city of Vancouver were arrested. That was done at the request of the United States. The reason for the arrest is not fully clear.

According to various media Mix in each case were arrested because of fraud. The topvrouw would U.s. sanctions have been violated. Mix would have lied about the relationship between Huawei and the company SkyCom from hong Kong, that zakendeed in Iran.

In april of this year it became known that the Us authorities were investigating the trade between Huawei and Iran. The Chinese manufacturer would American technology to Iran, while that is in conflict with U.s. export laws.

Mix got Friday in the Canadian court to hear that she is suspected of multiple violations. For any offence which they are suspected is, a maximum sentence of thirty years.

The Wall Street Journal writes that there is concern that the arrest could have a major impact for the handelsdeal between the United States and China. The American president Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping reached about that last week an agreement.

The United States and Canada have, as yet, little about the case said. The Chinese government asked for an immediate release. “Someone’s detention without a clear reason, is a violation of human rights”, said a spokesman of Foreign Affairs in China.

Fear of espionage

in Addition to the suspected fraud, the Us authorities also worry that China, the equipment of Huawei used for espionage.

Huawei is next to smartphonemaker also the largest supplier of telecom networks. This allows the company include Ericsson, Nokia, and ZTE.

Because of concerns about Chinese espionage, Huawei in the U.S. excluded on equipment for the future 5G networks. Also the Chinese company ZTE is no 5G-technology welcome. In New Zealand and Australia is equipment of Huawei also no longer allowed.

With 5G is faster internet than through the predecessor 4G. In addition, the network is also expected to be used to all kinds of devices to connect with each other. The fear is that China, through the equipment of Huawei, to access information of all kinds of equipment and users or the authorities can listen in.

‘Potential hazards in Europe’

in Europe, the potential hazards discussed. Vice-president Andrus Ansip, the European Commission said Friday that Chinese companies such as Huawei to risks in the European technology industry. “We must be concerned about such companies,” he said.

Of spying via Huawei’s equipment has never been evidence to have come out. Huawei responds that it is “surprised and disappointed” on the statements of the EU commissioner. “We reject categorically any claim that we are a threat to the safety might constitute” says the company.

The Chinese company will be happy to talk with Ansip to “misunderstandings” out of the way to clean up. Huawei wants to be the “long-term cooperation” with the European Commission to continue.

in Addition it would Huawei 2 billion dollars (equivalent to about 1.8 billion euro) investment to the concerns of Western countries. That would be in a report from July of the British intelligence service GCHQ. With the money would Huawei want to make sure that security researchers for better research can do to products.

Huawei also in the Netherlands

The equipment of Huawei is also found in telecom networks in the Netherlands. T-Mobile showed as a result of a tour of RTL Z know not yet to say goodbye to Huawei equipment. VodafoneZiggo and KPN, to a lesser extent, use of Huawei, gave opposite RTL Z no clarity.

The cabinet said in early november is still “very alert” to be on industrial espionage by China through 5G, wrote the NOS. The intelligence service AIVD would keep an eye on. In the spring the cabinet with a “special China strategy”.