Motorola has named an alleged spy as a co-defendant in a lawsuit against Chinese telecoms group Huawei over the alleged theft of trade secrets.
In the civil lawsuit, Motorola alleged that Huawei had knowingly taken trade secrets from a company employing a dozen former employees of the US group, including Jin Hanjuan, who faces criminal charges of economic espionage in the US.
The civil case comes at a sensitive time for Huawei, which has expanded rapidly to become one of the world's largest telecom equipment suppliers. It already faces fierce opposition in the US and other countries because of suspected ties to the Chinese military, which the company consistently denies.