Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa had a few days' prior notice of the arrest of an executive from the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei following U.S. allegations the company violated sanctions on Iran. "The appropriate authorities took the decisions in this case without any political involvement or interference ... we were advised by them with a few days' notice that this was in the works," Trudeau told reporters in Montreal. U.S. national security adviser John Bolton told U.S. media that he knew of the pending arrest in advance. 6:25Last month, New Zealand blocked a mobile phone company from using Huawei equipment, saying it posed a "significant network security risk." On Wednesday, British phone carrier BT said it was removing Huawei equipment from the core of its mobile phone networks.

Source: CBC News December 06, 2018 21:33 UTC