Carr Welcomes Treasury Department’s Sanctions on DJI Over Surveillance Concerns
Determination Underscores DJI’s Close Work With CCP’s Surveillance Apparatus
 
WASHINGTON, DC, December 16, 2021—Today, the U.S. Department of Treasury identified Shenzhen-based drone maker DJI as part of the Chinese Military-Industrial Complex due to the company’s role in tracking and surveilling religious minorities in China, particularly the Uyghur population in Xinjiang.  In October, Carr called for a review of DJI based on well documented national security concerns and the company’s role in supporting Uyghur genocide and other serious human rights abuses.  Commissioner Carr issued the following statement on Treasury’s decision: 
 
“Today’s decision by the Treasury Department to add DJI to its investment blacklist is welcome news.  Treasury’s determination that DJI is actively supporting the Chinese Communist Party’s efforts to surveil and repress religious minorities in China only adds urgency to my call for national security agencies to provide their views on adding DJI to the FCC’s Covered List.”  
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