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Skycom Tech, the Hong Kong company at the centre of Huawei Technologies’ alleged violation of US sanctions on Iran, shared the same email domain as the Chinese telecoms equipment giant, public records show.
The contact email address listed for Skycom’s website, Skycom.com.hk, is domain@huawei.com, the same domain as Huawei’s official website, according to records available online at the Hong Kong Domain Name Registration Company.


The digital link between the two firms could prove important in the case against Huawei’s chief financial officer, Sabrina Meng Wanzhou.
She is being held in Vancouver awaiting extradition to the US where prosecutors believe she deliberately misrepresented Skycom as a completely separate entity in an attempt to sidestep sanctions preventing Huawei doing business in Iran.
The case has rocked the already strained relations between China and the US.
Seeking bail, Huawei CFO Sabrina Meng Wanzhou offers to pay for her own guards
Canadian prosecutors alleged in court filings that Huawei used Skycom to circumvent the US sanctions. They claim the latter was in fact “an unofficial subsidiary” of Huawei, even though Meng had denied to US bankers any direct connection between the two companies.
The domain registration records give the name Shen Fen as the contact person for Skycom. The telephone and facsimile numbers listed for the website are located in a Huawei building in Shenzhen, according to the phone number website 114Best.com.
An attempt by the Post to contact Shen Fen found that the phone number was invalid.

Ming Pao, a Chinese newspaper, reported on Monday that Shen was Huawei’s corporate lawyer, and indeed a court ruling from May shows a Huawei employee named Shen Fen represented the company in a trademark dispute case.
The employee worked in Huawei’s intellectual property department, according to Ming Pao, but the Post was unable to reach Shen by phone at the company’s head office in Shenzhen.
Skycom’s website domain was registered in 2013, long after a Huawei subsidiary sold it in 2007 to Canicula Holdings, an offshore company registered in Mauritius, according to the company registration records.
The fact that Skycom registered a Huawei domain six years after the two firms supposedly severed their links may add weight to the claims of US prosecutors that the latter used its “unofficial subsidiary” to carry out business in Iran.
Canada did not tell of Sabrina Meng’s arrest until asked, Beijing says
Several Huawei spokespeople were approached for comment but did not immediately respond.
Former employees of Skycom have stated that its employees had Huawei email addresses and badges, according to a Bloomberg report citing a Canadian court filing.

Huawei, the world’s largest maker of telecommunications equipment, stands accused of violating the US government’s sanctions against Iran, and Meng could face trial in the US for misleading financial institutions into breaching those sanctions.
Meng, who is also the daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, was arrested in Vancouver while she was en route to Mexico from Hong Kong, at the request of the US Justice Department.
Meng’s mansions: inside Huawei CFO’s Canadian connections
The case against Meng came at a high-stakes moment for the relationship between the world’s two largest economies, as they try to reach a resolution to their trade war.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump struck an agreement on a 90-day truce on December 1, almost nine months after the Trump administration made the first move to hit China with import tariffs on US$50 billion worth of its goods.

Technology is increasingly seen as the crux of the rivalry between the two nations, as China’s grand strategy to boost its hi-tech sectors, named “Made in China 2025”, has drawn the ire of the Trump administration.
Many are wondering if Huawei might suffer the same fate as ZTE, the Chinese telecommunications equipment company on which the US imposed a ban from April to July, a move which brought the firm to the brink of collapse. The ban prevented ZTE from buying parts and software from the US after it violated the country’s sanctions against North Korea and Iran.
Reuters first reported in 2013 that Huawei and Meng had close ties to Skycom which, according to Canadian prosecutors, tried to sell US equipment to Iran despite the sanctions.


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Huawei and Skycom, the firm accused of breaching US sanctions in Sabrina Meng Wanzhou case, shared web domain according to public records

The arrest of Huawei’s CFO has infuriated officials in Beijing, who have demanded her release. Photo: Bloomberg

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested on an extradition warrant, appears at her B.C. Supreme Court bail hearing in a drawing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Jane Wolsak MANDATORY CREDIT. NO ARCHIVES, NO SALES

Registrant contact information of Skycom Tech. Co. Ltd. 11DEC18. SCMP Picture

Domain name information of Skycom.com.hk and registrant contact information of Skycom Tech. Co., Limited. 11DEC18. SCMP Picture

Arrest of Huawei’s Sabrina Meng Wanzhou signals trouble for US tech companies doing business with China

Meng Wanzhou, Executive Board Director of the Chinese technology giant Huawei, attends a session of the VTB Capital Investment Forum "Russia Calling!" in Moscow, Russia October 2, 2014. Picture taken October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Alexander Bibik

(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 23, 2018 John Bolton, National Security Adviser to the US President, gives a press conference in Moscow. - The White House said December 6, 2018 it knew in advance that Canada planned to arrest an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei on the same day as a summit between Washington and Beijing.National security advisor John Bolton said he did not know if President Donald Trump was also aware of the operation to detain Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou on a US request as she was changing planes in Vancouver."I knew in advance. This is something that we get from the Justice Department," Bolton told National Public Radio. (Photo by Yuri KADOBNOV / AFP)

A shopper walks past a Huawei store at a mall in Shanghai on Friday. Photo: Reuters

China separates arrest of Huawei executive Sabrina Meng Wanzhou from US trade talks

The US has expressed concerns about Chinese technology firms such as Huawei. Photo: AP

China summons Canada envoy over ‘unconscionable and vile’ detention of Huawei exec Meng Wanzhou

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou (L), who was arrested on an extradition warrant, appears at her B.C. Supreme Court bail hearing in a drawing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Jane Wolsak MANDATORY CREDIT. NO ARCHIVES, NO SALES

In this Nov. 14, 2018 photo, Canada's Ambassador to China John McCallum sits next to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, during a bilateral meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Singapore. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

China's Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng said on Saturday that the detention of Huawei’s chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou “ignores the law and is unreasonable”. Photo: Xinhua

China, Hong Kong shares tumble amid growing worries about US-China relations after arrest of Huawei CFO Sabrina Meng Wanzhou

epa07211367 (FILE) - Meng Wanzhou, Chief Financial Officer of Huawei, attends the VTB Capital's 'RUSSIA CALLING' investment forum in Moscow, Russia, 02 October 2014 (reissued 06 December 2018). Meng Wanzhou has been arrested in Canada at the request of US authorities. According to US media reports, Meng Wanzhou was detained for potential US sanction violations. EPA-EFE/MAXIM SHIPENKOV

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Suppliers of Huawei Technologies were hammered in early trading Thursday after the arrest of the smartphone maker’s CFO in Canada. Photo: Reuters

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Huawei’s CFO, Sabrina Meng Wanzhou, is accused of trying to hide links between the two companies


Huawei’s CFO, Sabrina Meng Wanzhou, is accused of trying to hide links between the two companies.


Huawei and Skycom, the firm accused of breaching US sanctions in Sabrina Meng Wanzhou case, shared web domain according to public records

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Huawei’s CFO, Sabrina Meng Wanzhou, is accused of trying to hide links between the two companies