Malaysia and Huawei to deepen ties with cybersecurity lab

Kuala Lumpur continues to embrace Chinese giant shunned by West

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China's Huawei Technologies will work with Malaysia on cybersecurity governance, talent development, standards and certification. © Reuters

LAULY LI, CHENG TING-FANG and P PREM KUMAR, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI/KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia will partner with China's embattled Huawei Technologies to establish a cybersecurity lab in an effort to position itself as Southeast Asia's leader in the field, the head of a government agency announced on Monday.

Amirudin Abdul Wahab, CEO of CyberSecurity Malaysia -- an agency under the purview of the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia -- said his organization has a long-standing collaboration with Huawei and aims to deepen the relationship in pursuit of multiple objectives.

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