Poland has arrested a Huawei Technologies Co. employee and a former Polish security agent and accused them of spying for China, public television news channel TVPInfo said Friday. The Huawei employee is a Chinese citizen responsible for sales to public-sector clients in Poland, according to TVPInfo. The other detained person is a former high-rank official at Poland’s internal security agency who worked at mobile phone operator Orange Polska SA, the broadcaster said. The country’s security services searched the offices of Huawei as well as Orange Polska, public television said. Orange Polska worked with Huawei last year on introducing the latest fifth-generation, or 5G, wireless network in the country of 38 million.

Source: National Post January 11, 2019 13:07 UTC