FedEx strongly denies wrongdoing after China accuses US firm of shipping ‘controlled knives’ to Hong Kong
- US delivery firm said the shipment in question ‘was handled correctly via standard security protocol’ and that it ‘never left its origin city’ and was ‘never delivered’
- China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday that Chinese authorities had began an investigation into the US delivery firm
US delivery firm FedEx on Wednesday denied any wrongdoing after being accused by Chinese official media of trying to ship controlled knives to Hong Kong, the latest controversial incident involving the company.
But FedEx said the shipment in question “was handled correctly via standard security protocol”.
“The package was from a regular shipper and was handed over to appropriate authorities by FedEx, consistent with our regular process and procedures. The package never left its origin city, was never delivered, and remains with the authorities,” said a strongly worded FedEx statement, seen as a stronger response to the two previous accusations in May and August.
The package was from a regular shipper and was handed over to appropriate authorities by FedEx, consistent with our regular process and procedures
“FedEx delivers more than 15 million packages a day around the world, and we have multiple layers of security in place in the more than 220 territories and countries we serve.”
It is the third investigation launched by China against FedEx in the last four months, raising the odds that the US courier will be placed on China’s soon to be released unreliable entity list, a blacklist of foreign firms that will be subject to sanctions by Beijing.