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Huawei founder says firm does not spy for China, calls Donald Trump 'great'

Huawei's founder Ren Zhengfei. [Photo: Mirror]

Huawei's founder Ren Zhengfei on Tuesday rejected claims his company is used by the Chinese government to spy and said he missed his daughter, who is being held by Canadian authorities, the Financial Times newspaper reported.

Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer, was detained in Canada last month at the request of US authorities who allege she misled banks about the company's control of a firm operating in Iran.

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