Alexander Downer was a board member of the [[Chinese]] telecommunications giant Huawei until 2014, when he accepted the position of Australian High Commissioner in London.
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The [[Chinese]] telecommunications giant Huawei was the subject of a House Intelligence Committee investigation in 2012. U.S. intelligence experts have deemed Huawei a security threat to the United States and other nations. Alexander Downer was a board member of Huawei until 2014, when he accepted the position of Australian High Commissioner in London.
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On Dec. 1, 2018, Wanzhou Meng, the chief financial officer of Huawei was arrested in [[Canada]] at the request of U.S. authorities on suspicions that she violated U.S. trade sanctions against [[Iran]].
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According to Canada’s ''Globe and Mail'', “Since at least 2016, U.S. authorities have been reviewing Huawei’s alleged shipping of U.S.-origin products to Iran and other countries in violation of U.S. export and sanctions laws.”
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According to Canada’s ''Globe and Mail'', “Since at least 2016, U.S. authorities have been reviewing Huawei’s alleged shipping of U.S.-origin products to Iran and other countries in violation of U.S. export and sanctions laws.”
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On Dec. 1, 2018, Wanzhou Meng, the chief financial officer of Huawei was arrested in [[Canada]] at the request of U.S. authorities on suspicions that she violated U.S. trade sanctions against [[Iran]]. The investigation into Huawei is run out of the U.S. attorney’s office in [[Brooklyn]].<ref>https://m.theepochtimes.com/string-of-indictments-by-doj-point-to-multiple-global-operations_2758670.html/amp</ref>
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The investigation into Huawei is run out of the U.S. attorney’s office in [[Brooklyn]]. U.S. intelligence experts have deemed Huawei a security threat to the United States and other nations. Huawei has been the subject of concern for a number of years and was the subject of a House Intelligence Committee investigation in 2012.<ref>https://m.theepochtimes.com/string-of-indictments-by-doj-point-to-multiple-global-operations_2758670.html/amp</ref>