Huawei criticized at home over ex-employee’s incarceration Chinese tech-giant Huawei’s reputation is suffering in its home country over an ex-employee’s report that he was thrown in jail for attempting to negotiate a severance packageChinese tech-giant Huawei’s reputation has been repeatedly attacked by the United States and others over allegations of Communist Party control. Now its vaunted status at home has taken a blow over an ex-employee’s report that he was thrown in jail for eight months on extortion charges after attempting to negotiate a severance package. “I cannot but say that Huawei has this time lost ‘affection,’” Xi, known for his hard-line defenses of Chinese policies and institutions, wrote Tuesday on his official Microblog. The Paper, an online news outlet owned by the Shanghai City government, said Huawei had trampled on “a citizen’s dignity and personal freedom.”“’You sue! U.S. authorities say the company is a security risk, which Huawei denies, and announced curbs in May on its access to American components and technology.

Source: ABC News December 04, 2019 06:52 UTC