FedEx again under investigation by China for shipping ‘controlled knives’ to Hong Kong
- The US shipping firm is already under investigation by Chinese authorities after it was accused of allowing a gun to be shipped to China
- FedEx have also been accused of wrongly shipping parcels intended for Huawei in China to the United States
Chinese authorities are looking into another case involving FedEx, with the US shipping firm accused of “illegally accepting controlled knives to be sent to Hong Kong” from the mainland, the government-run Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday, citing “relevant authorities.”
The US firm has already been accused of knowingly shipping packages meant for Huawei in China to the US only days after the Chinese firm was put on a US government blacklist that bans American firms from selling products to the telecommunications giant. FedEx claimed the incident was down to a misrouting error and that no one in the US opened the packages.
In the latest incident, FedEx China was found to have accepted orders to ship “controlled knives” to Hong Kong, Xinhua said, adding that the items involved had been confiscated.
An investigation has been launched into a case where FedEx is suspected of illegally handling a package containing controlled knives headed for China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, authorities said Tuesday
“An investigation has been launched into a case where FedEx is suspected of illegally handling a package containing controlled knives headed for China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, authorities said Tuesday,” reported Xinhua.