Chinese company sacks Indian employees over technology theft, border standoff

DUBAI: A Chinese Telecom company has removed its Indian national employees from it Tehran and Doha units, sources said Wednesday.

The Chinese telecom company has operative units in Tehran the capital of Iran and Doha, Qatar.

The Chinese company in Tehran received orders to sack the employees Tuesday, while similar orders were received by the company’s management in Doha where Indian employees were immediately sacked.

However, there has been no official confirmation by Iran and Qatar of dismissing Indian employees.

The reason for dismissal of Indian employees is said to be border standoff between China and India besides alleged theft of the technology.

There were also reports of sacking the Indian employees from other the company Gulf countries.

The headquarters of the Chinese telecom company is located in Guangdong province of China and deals in telecommunication networks and production of telecommunication devices.

@SushmaSwaraj @PMOIndia Ji.

Youngesters in india are struggling to find enough jobs & Huawei Firing Indians bcz of poor policies.
Plz Save pic.twitter.com/f2t1V04o0t

— Saurabh Rai (@SaurabhRai_INC) August 16, 2017

Look like due to China/India border issues, Huawei has fired Indians from Huawei Iran. Any updates about this issue? pic.twitter.com/5G3LJ7tfN9

— Tafheem Badshah (@TafheemKhattak) August 16, 2017