Huawei fires Chinese sales director arrested in Poland on spying charges, says case not related
- Company says decision was taken to sack Wang Weijing because the incident ‘brought Huawei into disrepute’
- Pressure is building on the telecoms firm in Europe, its biggest foreign market
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.