Ex-Huawei staff held over 'leaks'

Six arrested over alleged disclosure of secrets to rivals

Six former employees of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world's third-largest smartphone maker, have been arrested by police, for allegedly leaking commercial secrets to rivals.

News portal sina.com reported on Wednesday that an internal letter issued by Huawei's consumer unit, which includes its smartphone business, said that the six, chiefly engineers and smartphone designers, had been arrested.