Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 19 Feb 2019, 11:12 am Print
Beijing: Ren Zhengfei, founder of Chinese tech giant Huawei, said the arrest of his daughter Meng Wanzhou by Canada at the request of US authorities was 'politically motivated'.
Zhengfei said "no way the US can crush" the company.
The US is pursuing criminal charges against Huawei and Meng, including money laundering, bank fraud and stealing trade secrets, reported BBC.
Huawei, however, has denied any wrongdoing.
"The world cannot leave us because we are more advanced. Even if they persuade more countries not to use us temporarily, we can always scale things down a bit," Ren Zhengfei told BBC.
Wanzhou was arrested by Canada on Dec 1 at the request of US authorities.
The US claimed Wanzhou had misled multinational banks over Iran-linked transactions.
It also said the CEO had kept the banks in risk of violating US sanctions.
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