China News Service, Toronto, May 7 (Reporter Yu Ruidong) In Quebec, Canada, there have been a number of cases in which cell phone base stations were suspected of being damaged due to rumors of "new crown virus spreading with 5G networks." Many politicians, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, have criticized and warned of this sabotage.
The Quebec police disclosed on May 7 that a man and a woman in their 20s were arrested in the early hours of the same day in Saint Adele, about 70 kilometers northwest of Montreal, on suspicion of being connected with a cell phone base station fire that occurred in recent days.
Since May 1, seven cases of cell phone base stations have been set on fire in Quebec. On May 4, the two base stations were set on fire, causing the wireless communication in Prevost near St. Adele to be interrupted. Local officials had to post on social networking platforms, stating that local cell phone base stations are not serving 5G networks. In Laval, adjacent to Montreal, mobile phone base stations were also destroyed by arson. These sabotages have caused operators millions of Canadian dollars in losses.
Prime Minister Trudeau said on the social networking platform on the evening of May 6 that destroying cell phone base stations would only endanger emergency services and affect the daily lives of Canadians. These recent sabotages are serious criminal offences and will be severely punished.
Canada ’s Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Blair and Canada ’s Minister of Innovation, Technology and Industry, respectively, also said that they were worried and uneasy after learning about reports of cell phone base station damage, and such violations were completely unacceptable.
Recently, there are rumors in Europe and the United States that the 5G communication network will spread the new crown virus, and a similar case of base station damage has occurred. Canada ’s mainstream media has specifically broadcasted reports to refute rumors. (Finish)