Huawei would not help China spy on the U.S. with its devices, even if mandated by Chinese law to do so, founder and President Ren Zhengfei told CBS News in an interview that aired Wednesday.
Ren, whose daughter has been held by Canada since Dec. 1 on an extradition request by the United States, denied allegations by the U.S. government that the company aids Chinese intelligence by building a backdoor in its devices.
“Absolutely not possible,” Zhengfei said. “And also, we never participate in espionage and we do not allow any of our employees to do any act like that. And we absolutely never install backdoors. Even if we were required by Chinese law, we would firmly reject that.”
