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TEHRAN, May 04 - British police said they will not investigate a leak of information about Chinese telecommunication company Huawei building Britain’s future internet infrastructure.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations Neil Basu rejected on Saturday demands that Gavin Williamson, the former defense minister who was sacked from the government over the leak, should be investigated for criminal offenses.
“The leak did not cause damage to the public interest at a level at which it would be necessary to engage misconduct in a public office. It would be inappropriate to carry out a police investigation in these circumstances,” Basu said, who is also in charge of Counter Terrorism (CT) policing in the UK.
“I am satisfied that what was disclosed did not contain information that would breach the Official Secrets Act,” he added.
The announcement come as the opposition Labour party had asked the police to probe Williamson and his possible offenses while he was in office. The government had also said during its own inquiry last month that a criminal investigation could follow.
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