Huawei’s China smartphone sales chief detained on corruption charges
Teng Hongfei, sales chief of Huawei’s consumer business group in China, taken into custody by public security agents
A senior Huawei Technologies sales executive has been arrested over suspected “non-state staff bribery”, the Shenzhen-based company said in a statement on Wednesday.
Teng Hongfei, the sales chief of Huawei’s consumer business in China, was taken into custody by public security agents, the statement said, adding that further information would only be disclosed by the police.
“Huawei has consistently pushed for ethical business practices and has zero tolerance for internal corruption,” the company said in a statement.
Huawei’s consumer business, which posted a 44 per cent year on year increase in revenue to 179.8 billion yuan (US$27.5 billion) last year, includes sales of smartphones, tablets and laptops, as well as home-based consumer electronics products like routers.
Earlier this year, Teng received the “Whizz Kids” award which recognises 10 promising and successful internal managers within Huawei, considered the highest honour among the company’s management.
Teng’s LinkedIn page information said he joined Huawei as executive vice-president of the company’s consumer business group in Greater China in June 2014, with 10 years prior working experience at rival Nokia and two years at Samsung Electronics before that.
