The Dutch parliament is currently reviewing a contract for the use of Chinese-made software in police and emergency communication systems, as lawmakers warn of the inherent security risks.
“If something happens to you and you need an emergency service ... it is unimaginable that the police, ambulance, and fire department cannot communicate with each other because the system has been shut down by the Chinese,” Antoinette Laan-Geselschap, a parliamentarian with the conservative People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), told Dutch television RTL Nieuws on Nov. 22.
