Huawei asks employees 'not to harbour anti-US sentiments': Report
Beijing, May 26 : Chinese electronics major Huawei, which the US has deemed a national security risk, has urged employees not to harbour any anti-US sentiments, the media reported.
Ren Zhengfei, Founder and chief executive officer of Huawei Technologies, has reportedly asked its employees to "never let anti-US sentiment guide their work".
"Ren also urged employees not to harbour nationalist sentiments and to recognise the 'strengths of the US, see the gap (between Huawei and its US competitors) and learn from them," the South China Morning Post reported on Friday.
The CEO reportedly addressed a memo to the company's staffers that was circulated weeks after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose some $150 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports.
"The memo from Ren has come as a surprise because of the setbacks faced by Huawei in its efforts to expand operations in the US," the report added.
Richard Yu Chengdong, the chief executive of Huawei's Consumer Business Group, reportedly accused the US government and some industry rivals for playing politics to keep them out of the US market.
Meanwhile, the Chinese smartphone major is working on its own proprietary Operating System (OS) since 2012 after a US investigation into the company.
The company, which is also the world's biggest telecommunications equipment manufacturer, would ditch Google's Android platform amid reports that it is under investigation by the US for breaching sanctions against Iran.
According to media reports, the US House Intelligence Committee found after a year-long investigation that Huawei Technologies and ZTE Inc, were a "national security threat because of their attempts to extract sensitive information from American companies and their loyalties to the Chinese government".
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Bhandara ordnance factory blast: 4 officials booked; FIR says negligence in repairing machines
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Bhandara (PTI): The blast in the ordnance factory in Maharashtra’s Bhandara district on January 24, which claimed nine lives, was the result of alleged negligence in repairing machines and instruments, an official has said.
Four officials from the defence production unit, where trainees were allegedly made to work in highly sensitive areas, have been named in the FIR (first information report) registered on March 8 by the Jawahar Nagar police.
The police action is based on the findings of a probe committee formed after the accident that also left four injured, the official said on Thursday.
The FIR has named Devendra Meena, divisional officer of the safety section, Aadil Farooqui, junior works manager of the maintenance department, section administration officer Anandrao Faye, and Sanjay Dhapade from the general administration department. A few other unnamed officials have also been booked.
According to the police, an inquiry found that the “Extrumix machine and other instruments in the LTPE (Low Temperature Plastic Explosives) section of the RX department in building number 23” had deteriorated, but repairs were neglected, ultimately leading to the blast.
Also, trainees were assigned to work in highly sensitive sections of the unit.
The case has been registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 106(1) concerning causing death by negligence and 125 (b) which pertains to “act endangering life or personal safety of others”.
Eight workers were killed on the spot and five others injured after a massive blast tore through the LTPE building number 23 in the HEX (High Energy Explosives) sub-division at the Ordnance Factory Bhandara located in Jawahar Nagar area of the district on the morning of January 24.
Another person succumbed to his injuries later, bringing the death toll to nine.
