After the big Samsung foldable heist, another case of tech theft has just surfaced. This time it’s related to Huawei‘s chip secrets. A group of former employees of Huawei are facing jail time after they stole some confidential information. So here’s what you need to know.

Ex-Huawei Employees Jailed for Stealing Chip Design Secrets

As per an SCMP report, 14 employees of Huawei are facing a prison sentence after being found guilty by a court in Shanghai. The former workers have been accused of stealing trade secrets related to Huawei’s semiconductor technology. In the official ruling by the Shanghai Third Intermediate People’s Court, the 14 individuals were found guilty of stealing the intellectual property of Huawei’s HiSicilon division.

For context, these former employees left Huawei to start their own company, Zunpair Communication Technology, reportedly using the stolen chip designs. As of right now, the court has delivered prison sentences of up to 6 years along with financial penalties as well. The full ruling has yet to be made public, so it is unclear whether the accused plan to appeal this decision. Huawei has also yet to comment on this matter.

One researcher at HiSilicon, Zhang Kun, left the company in 2019 and launched his start up in early 2021. Zunpai Communication Technology was a brand that developed WiFi communication chips. Later on, Zhang recruited a number of his former colleagues to join his company. This led to Huawei’s HiSilicon making a legal filing to petition the Shanghai Intellectual Property Court to freeze Zunpai’s assets that are worth 95 million yuan.

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Earlier this week, a Huawei executive stated that the company is going to continue to create more jobs in countries apart from its home nation and will raise its investments and workforce in overseas markets.

According to a ChinaDaily report, Yan Lida, Director of the board and senior vice president of Huawei said that the company has been investing in countries like Canada for more than a decade now, to help sustain its local economy through its employment efforts. At the moment, the Chinese tech giant is one of the largest corporate investors in the region and employs over 1,200 people. Furthermore, the company has even created over 5,000 indirect jobs as well.

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So, the senior official mentioned that Huawei will continue to raise its investments and employment in the country. The statement was issued by Yan during a panel discussion on “Investment in Canada” at the Canada China Business Council’s 42nd Annual General Meeting Business Forum, which was held in Beijing, China. However, despite this, Yan also warned of potential risks in companies investing in Canada as the Chinese companies must now take proper safeguards due to the growing challenges in the global business environment.

Dace Murphy, consul general of Canada in Shanghai, said that Canada remains to be one of the important destinations of outbound investments for Chinese investors, even during the many challenges being faced during the Coronavirus pandemic. Additionally, Murphy stated that “It has been a difficult year for all of us as the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the global economy … China’s situation is different from others as it is recovering rapidly after the difficulties during the first few months of this year.”

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Huawei is downsizing the workforce of its smartphone business operations in Bangladesh. The company made the announcement earlier this week, stating that over seven of its eight staffers in the division are being laid off.

These officials have been directly supervising the smartphone and other device business of the Chinese tech giant in the region from the Bangladesh Headquarters. The sole remaining employee will now coordinate the Huawei device business in the whole country. This process of downsizing and cutting jobs in the region began back in November 2019 when distributor Smart Technologies began leading sales, marketing, and business operations.

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Furthermore, a few executives have been promoted while the others were appointed on contracts. The sales manager of Smart Technologies, Md Anwar Hossain, has declined to comment on the matter when reached out to by bgnews24.com. Although an official from the same firm mentioned that they would still conduct sales, marketing, and business involving smartphones and other products, however, an official from the Chinese brand will coordinate the operation.

The official further added that the division’s operations and branding will now be handled directly from Malaysia. Unfortunately, Huawei officials from the country have also declined to comment on the matter. This move also arrives amid the growing pressures from the US, as the company has effectively been banned from using US made technology and software with the recent reinforcements of regulations against the company.

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Danish authorities have ousted two Huawei Staff members from the country due to some work permit issue. As per the Copenhagen Police, the two workers were not holding appropriate documents. Furthermore, the documents were not complying with the country’s laws said police. The authorities have termed the investigation at several locations in the city as a “routine” check.

Usually, Danish authorities perform routine checks in all the areas where a high number of foreigners reside.  In a similar ‘routine check’ at the Chinese company’s Copenhagen headquarters, city police charged four employees working without a proper work permit. Later, the police dropped charges from two employees and expelled remaining employees from the country. Although authorities have not published more details like the nationality of workers, names, etc citing police policies.

Huawei responded to the expulsion and said that “These visa checks are routine, and we are co-operating with the authorities.”

Although, Police denied the expulsion of Huawei employees’ connection with espionage concerns.

However, on the other hand, its neighbouring country Norway’s intelligence service is terming it as related to the ongoing scrutiny issue over Huawei and Chinese government ties. While representing national risk assessment report 2019, head of Norway’s domestic intelligence unit, Benedicte Bjornland said, “One has to be attentive about Huawei as an actor and the close connections between a commercial actor like Huawei and the Chinese regime.”

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Recently, Huawei is under fire due to alleged close ties with the Chinese Government. The company is going through allegations of spying activities by Chinese officials throughout the world. Especially, the US has banned Huawei and also asked its allies to cut down the supplies from the Chinese Company. In response, Australia, New Zealand and other countries have also banned Huawei from participating in the 5G rollout plans.

As of now, there’s no evidence of Denmark’s expulsion of two Huawei employees related to the espionage concerns.

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