Huawei founder denies spy allegations

The founder of Huawei Technologies Co denied all spying allegations in a rare media interview as the Chinese tech company looks to combat overseas challenges to enable it to grow its revenue in 2019.

Ren Zhengfei, the reclusive head of Huawei, said that the company has never spied for the Chinese government and never would.

"No law requires any company in China to install mandatory backdoors," Ren said at a rare briefing with foreign media on Tuesday in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. "I would never harm the interests of any customer or any country."