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Commerce Department says companies are implicated in Beijing’s ‘campaign of repression’ against ethnic minority Muslims.

WASHINGTON — The Republican and Democratic leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said they triggered a requirement that the Biden administration determine within four months whether a Chinese surveillance company should be sanctioned for human rights violations against ethnic Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang province.

House Foreign Affairs Committee leaders have triggered a sanctions review of a Chinese surveillance equipment maker.

CCTV cameras manufactured by Hikvision are said to be used at multiple locations on Sandringham Estate, where the royal family spend their Christmases

The security issues of imbedded spyware are compounded when security cameras are linked with biometric software.

The local authority was made aware of issues around the Hikvision tech via a security briefing

Government officials are removing Chinese-made cameras with critical security flaws from 88 federal electorate offices. But one MP has asked why it’s taken so long to act.

The cameras are thought to be used by three Welsh police forces

At least 65 electoral office sites have been identified as using the blacklisted CCTV equipment made by Chinese firms Hikvision and Dahua.

The findings come amid growing concerns about the threat of Chinese spy balloons which prompted the UK to review its security measures.

Warning in surveillance commissioner’s report comes after Chinese CCTV cameras banned from government property