Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei hit back at claims that his company is used by the Chinese government for spying, using a rare meeting with the media to make the case that his daughter should be released from jail in Canada.
Mr Ren was speaking to journalists in Shenzhen on Tuesday after Meng Wanzhou, his daughter and Huawei’s chief financial officer, was arrested in Vancouver in December. Ms Meng faces extradition to the US on allegations that Huawei sold US-made equipment to Iran.
The reclusive former Chinese army officer said Huawei had “never received any request from any government to provide improper information” and missed his daughter “very much”.