The same was
said, or claimed, in the Southern District
of New York in the UN corruption trials of
CCP-member Ng Lap Seng, and CCP-NGO boss
Patrick Ho of the China Energy Fund
Committee. Both were convicted. But is
Huawei different?
On September 9
Inner City Press put out a 20 tweet thread
of the opening arguments, on X and Bluesky.
September 9 extra
on X for subscribers here and
Substack here
Jump cut to September 17 - Inner City Press published the video of Huawei staff's theft from T-Mobile, here; it published the first book, "Huawei on Trial," here - and live tweeted from EDNY:
T-Mobile manager of
"Tappy" robot on the stand. Huawei's Brian
Heberlig of Steptoe: The "missed touch"
issue wasn't limited to Huawei, was it? TMO
witness: I didn't deal with failure, only
improving Heberlig: Didn't T-Mobile give out
one of its rubber tips?
TMO witness:
I'm not sure. Huawei's Heberlig: Let me show
you your own email. AUSA: Objection! Judge
Donnelly: Overruled. But only to the
witness. Heberlig: Do you see your email
with Bill Weavers of the company that built
Huawei's touchscreens, Synaptics?
TMO witness: I see
it... Huawei's Heberlig: Let me show you the
attached video AUSA: Objection! Judge
Donnelly: I'll allow it. [Video is shown of
a metal tip testing a screen] Heberlig:
Isn't that copper? TMO witness: I don't
know. Could be aluminum
Huawei's
Heberlig: The email says "Buddy" - isn't
that the name of Huawei's prototype? TMO
witness: He could just be calling me that.
Huawei's Heberlig: It was using its normal
force- AUSA: Objection! Judge: Sustained
Huawei's Heberlig:
Again, phones other than Huawei's had
problems with T-Mobile's test, didn't they?
TMO witness: I remember that Google's G-1
did at first. Re-direct AUSA: But T-Mobile
had non-disclosure agreements with these
companies, right? TMO witness: We did
Judge: Please
come to the sidebar. [White noise is turned
on. T-Mobile's witness gets up to leave]
Judge: Not you, there may be more questions.
You almost got away [smiles, courtroom
humor. 1 more question from Heberlig] Q:
Huawei brought Synaptics in? A: Yes
[Now another
T-Mobile witness, there from 2003-21] TMO's
Young: After I left, I ran a start up in
Boston for a year. Now I am a consultant.
AUSA: So you would decide which handsets
would be sold in T-Mobile stores? Young:
Yes. It could take a year. We had NDAs
Coverage
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