Following the U.S., Australia says it will remove Chinese-made surveillance cameras

This shows a Chinese Dahua brand security camera in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. (Mark Baker/AP)

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia's Defense Department will remove surveillance cameras made by Chinese Communist Party-linked companies from its buildings, the government said Thursday after the U.S. and Britain made similar moves.

The Australian newspaper reported Thursday that at least 913 cameras, intercoms, electronic entry systems and video recorders developed and manufactured by Chinese companies Hikvision and Dahua are in Australian government and agency offices, including the Defense Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.