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Market Harborough: Council reviews CCTV use over China government links (www.bbc.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Harborough District Council uses cameras made by Chinese firm Hikvision in Market Harborough and Lutterworth, but a councillor has called for the cameras to be replaced over "security" concerns.

District councillor Simon Whelband told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) the company had previously been accused of "aiding the oppression of Tibetans and Uyghur Muslims".

Mr Whelband is urging the the council to follow the lead of other authorities which have agreed to phase out Hikvision cameras.

He cited a 2021 House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee report which said "equipment manufactured by companies such as Hikvision should not be permitted to operate within the UK".

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Might be one to ask the Chinese.