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Huawei fires Chinese sales director arrested in Poland on spying charges, says case not related

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Company says decision was taken to sack Wang Weijing because the incident ‘brought Huawei into disrepute’
Huawei Technologies on Saturday said it had decided to fire Wang Weijing after the company’s sales director was arrested by Poland’s counter-intelligence service on suspicion of spying.
The tech giant also said the Chinese national’s arrest was not related to Huawei.
“In accordance with the terms and conditions of Huawei’s labour contract, we have made this decision because the incident in question has brought Huawei into disrepute,” the company said in a statement.
“Huawei complies with all applicable laws and regulations in the countries where it operates, and we require every employee to abide by the laws and regulations in the countries where they are based.”
He is the second Huawei executive to be detained after the company’s chief financial officer, Sabrina Meng Wanzhou, was taken into custody in Canada last month at the request of a US prosecutor. Meng was later released on bail.
It comes as Huawei, the world’s largest telecoms equipment supplier, is facing pushback amid growing suspicion over its ties to the Chinese government and military – links the company has repeatedly denied.
Washington has long seen Huawei as a national security threat that could be used by Beijing for spying and last year passed a law banning the US government and contractors from using its technology.
Australia and New Zealand – both members of the so-called Five Eyes intelligence alliance, along with the US, Canada and Britain – have also blocked Huawei from building their next-generation 5G wireless networks.

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