Poland's Internal Security Service has arrested a Chinese executive of telecom giant Huawei and a former Polish security official on spying allegations. The Jan. 8 arrests, reported Jan. 11, could reinforce U.S. efforts to persuade its allies to restrict or block Huawei's access to their markets.
The Huawei executive, identified in media reports as Wang Weijing, previously worked in the Chinese consulate in Gdansk. He has worked in Poland for Huawei since 2011, first as a director of public affairs, then as a sales director. The Polish suspect, identified by Polish state TV as Piotr D., previously was deputy director of information security for the same Polish counterintelligence agency that arrested him. At the time of his arrest, he was working for Orange Polska....
