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TEHRAN, Jan 11 - Poland has arrested a Chinese employee of Huawei and a Polish national involved in cyber business on allegations of spying, Polish media reported on Friday, deepening the controversy over Western criticism of the Chinese telecoms equipment maker.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - U.S. intelligence agencies allege Huawei Technologies Cos Ltd [HWT.UL] is linked to China's government and that its equipment could contain "backdoors" for use by government spies.
No evidence has been produced publicly and the firm has repeatedly denied the claims.
But the criticism has led several Western countries and companies to look into whether they should allow Huawei's equipment to be used in their telecoms networks, straining relations with Beijing.
Polish public TV channel TVP said security services had searched the local offices of Huawei, as well as the offices of telecoms firm Orange Polska , where it said the Polish national works.
China's foreign ministry said it was "greatly concerned" by the reports, and urged Poland to handle the case "justly."
"We are aware of the situation, and we are looking into it. We have no comment for the time being," Huawei said in a statement.
"Huawei complies with all applicable laws and regulations in the countries where it operates, and we require every employee to abide by the laws and regulations in the countries where they are based," it added.
Orange Polska said in a statement the security agency had on Tuesday gathered materials related to an employee, whom it did not identify. The company added it did not know if the investigation was linked to the employee's professional work, and that it would continue to cooperate with the authorities.
Source: Reuters
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