Huawei’s Ties to DC-Based Nonprofit Face Deepening US House Probe
- Optica scrutinized over company’s secret funding of research
- Huawei, group say their relationship sought to promote science
The lawmakers began investigating Optica in May after Bloomberg reported Huawei’s secret sponsorship of a research contest called the Optica Foundation Challenge.
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House lawmakers broadened their investigation into Washington nonprofit Optica’s ties to Huawei Technologies Co. after Bloomberg News documented the scientific society’s decades-long relationship with the sanctioned Chinese telecommunications giant.
In a letter to Optica Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Rogan, the top Republican and Democrat on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee slammed the group’s partnership with Huawei as “deeply strange” and said Optica’s responses to their queries appeared inconsistent with Bloomberg’s latest findings, published in June.