2023/2/8 20:58 (updated at 2/9 00:43)
(Central News Agency, Sydney, comprehensive foreign news report on the 8th) Australian media reported today that Australia’s National War Memorial will remove some Chinese-made surveillance cameras installed in the park because officials are concerned that these cameras may be used to spy on intelligence. According to a report by The Canberra Times, the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, the Australian capital, has 11 surveillance cameras manufactured by the Chinese company Hikvision. These cameras will be installed in Removed before the middle of this year. Hikvision is partly owned by Chinese state investors. There are another 189 surveillance cameras at the Australian War Memorial, supplied by other manufacturers. Reuters reported that the Australian War Memorial said in a statement today that it did not comment on security matters. Hikvision did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The British government has previously banned the installation of surveillance cameras made by companies subject to China’s national security laws in sensitive buildings due to concerns that Chinese-made electronic equipment could be used to collect intelligence. Australian opposition senator James Paterson said today that he is asking all Australian government ministries and agencies to conduct a comprehensive inventory to understand whether they are exposed to surveillance devices made in China. He first raised the issue of Chinese-made surveillance equipment at a public hearing last year. “The Australian War Memorial deserves praise for acknowledging that these devices exist and for showing that they should be removed,” Patterson told ABC TV today. “In their response to me, they stated that the (related) devices they have at the Canberra site will be removed, which is an appropriate recognition that these devices pose a national security risk.” (Translator: Zhang Zhengqian/Nuclear Pressure) Draft: Lin Zhiping) 1120208
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