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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>A scandalous connection between Chinese technology company Huawei and the former CEO of Mauritius Telecom could have a huge impact on India\u2019s national security, if not for the Mauritius government declaring a war on Huawei which has strongly penetrated the telecommunications sector in the island nation.
\nRumour mills started working overtime as soon as Sherry Singh resigned as chief executive officer of Mauritius\u2019s national telecommunications company last month after heading the company for more than seven years.<\/p>\n

<\/a>In a letter to MT employees, Singh said he\u2019s unable to continue as CEO without \u201ccompromising my values\u201d, adding that it was \u201cnot an option\u201d for him.<\/p>\n

He then, in two separate interviews, leaked about the visit by an Indian team that conducted a survey in the island country on the request of Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth.<\/p>\n

He claimed that Jugnauth had \u201cforced\u201d him to allow the \u201cIndian team\u201d access to a facility with the aim of installing a \u201csniffing device\u201d. Singh\u2019s claim fuelled speculations around India\u2019s role but Jugnauth was forthright on the government\u2019s position.<\/p>\n

Not only the Mauritius PM blasted the opposition parties for casting aspersions on India, but he also highlighted the security issue that the island country was facing.<\/p>\n

Jugnauth said in a statement that he had personally approached Prime Minister Narendra Modi \u201cto send a competent team for this survey. He added, \u201cIn Mauritius, we don\u2019t have the technicians for this survey, but even if we did, we preferred to go for this Indian team of technicians.
\n\u201d The statement was as assertive as it could have been.
\nAt a regular briefing, ministry of external affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that Jugnauth\u2019s statement regarding the controversy was \u201cgood enough\u201d from India\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s more to what meets the eyes. The issue of the allocation of contracts to Huawei under the era of Sherry Singh points towards the unholy alliance between the executive and the Chinese government.<\/p>\n

Some senior executives of MT have expressed serious reservations about certain processes during the allocation of contracts, according to local media reports.<\/p>\n

During the 2006-07 period, contracts worth hundreds of millions of rupees were awarded to Huawei, which skyrocketed to billions of rupees under Singh.<\/p>\n

The former MT CEO is accused of using selective bidding exercises to help Huawei expand its business. The more problematic aspect of the link between MT and Huawei is the management of the data center, for which Huawei is responsible.
\nThe country\u2019s Central Criminal Investigation Department Special Cell has questioned Singh for three possible offenses: Breach of Information & Communication Technologies Act (Icta), Diffusion of False News and Criminal Defamation.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mauritius<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mauritius. A scandalous connection between Chinese technology company Huawei and the former CEO of Mauritius Telecom could have a huge impact on India\u2019s national security, if not for the Mauritius government declaring a war on Huawei which has strongly penetrated the telecommunications sector in the island nation. 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