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| China arrests former employees of Huawei because of Iran |
The New York Times learned that Chinese police arrested five former Huawei employees in December 2018 after discussions in a newsgroup on WeChat and accused the company of violating U.S. sanctions on WeChat 'Iran.
Although the former employee did not provide any concrete evidence of the violation, little evidence and discussion with foreign journalists was sufficient to arrest him.
The arrest of former employee Li Hongyuan angered the Chinese population among the Chinese population because they feared the employee would be fired for a fee, but Huawei later said that the arrest was not due to labor disputes, but suspected of having failed contact.
New allegations indicate that Huawei is monitoring previous employee talks and preparing to use government protection to silence critics. Li Hongyuan said that the police arrested him to prevent him from speaking publicly about Huawei's activities in Iran.
As the world's largest maker of mobile devices and a leading smartphone brand, Huawei fights allegations of fraud by the U.S. government to circumvent sanctions against Iran. However, the Canadian government has arrested the company's chief financial officer, the daughter of its founder.
More than a year ago, this Chinese company became the target of Trump's relentless management campaign. The Ministry of Justice has accused Huawei of stealing business secrets and lying about its Iranian business. The company denied any wrongdoing. US officials said that the company has been exposed. The Chinese government denied this claim. .
The company was at the center of a Sino-US trade dispute that eventually led to allegations of violations of US sanctions on Iran. The New York Times report showed that due to China's strong presence in China, the Chinese authorities are ready to protect it and control the mobile phone market and large areas. National technology industry.
It should be noted that Huawei's sales in Iran are not entirely illegal, but only include products, technologies or services of American origin that violate the sanctions, and the company said that sales in Iran are intended for this purpose, civil procedures and did not violate the sanctions.