Huawei questions high-tech rebuff

Telecom giant says 'just investigation procedures' in the US will show truth

After it was again turned back in a bid to acquire a high-tech US firm or assets, telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies has for the first time questioned how the purchase threatened US security.

"We believe that fair and just investigation procedures in the United States will prove we are truly commercial (not government-backed) operations," Ken Hu, chairman of Huawei USA and deputy chairman of the parent company, Huawei Technologies, wrote in an open letter released on the company's website on Feb 25.