The UK Government banned Communist China-made Cameras due to Security Concerns

The UK Government on Thursday ordered its departments to stop installing cameras made by Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-controlled Chinese firms in sensitive sites sighting security risks.

According to the UK’s cabinet office, minister Oliver Dowden in a written statement to parliament said that a review had been conducted into current and future security risks around the installation of surveillance systems on the government estate and concluded that “additional controls are required.”

The departments were urged to disconnect all the Communist China-made devices from the core computer networks amid security concerns. The main reason behind this decision is that the companies in Communist China that manufacture surveillance cameras and devices must comply with the country’s national intelligence law, which requires them to cooperate with Beijing’s intelligence services.

Dowden told the MPs in the parliament that “Departments have been instructed to cease deployment of such equipment on to sensitive sites, where it is produced by companies’ subject to the national intelligence law of the People’s Republic of China.”

A few months ago, some lawmakers called for a ban on the sale and use of security cameras made by Hikvision and Dahua over security concerns and their link with human rights abuse in Communist China. These two companies are state-owned Chinese firms with ties to the CCP.

On the other hand, the US has already banned Hikvision and Dahua from selling surveillance equipment in the country. Last July, the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee demanded that the UK Government do the same.