FM says China will defend legal interests

China supports relevant companies and individuals in seeking legal redress to protect their rights and interests and refusing to be victimized like "silent lambs", State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday.

Recent actions against a particular Chinese company and individual are by no means a pure judicial case but "deliberate political suppression", Wang said at a news conference on the sidelines of the ongoing annual legislative session.

He was referring to the extradition case of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou and issues raised in the Chinese high-tech company's recent lawsuit against the United States.