Incident Overview#
2019.11.28 (Exact date in doubt)#
A ruling regarding former Huawei employee Li Hongyuan was exposed on Maimai, stating that after receiving 2N compensation upon leaving the company, he was sued for extortion and detained for 251 days, recently released due to insufficient evidence.
2019.11.28#
A user on Zhihu asked, "What do you think about the news that Huawei employee Li Hongyuan was sued for extortion after leaving the company and was detained for 251 days before being released due to insufficient evidence?," which sparked immense interest on Zhihu, garnering over a hundred million views and more than 1,000 responses.
At the same time, discussions on Weibo, Maimai, and other communities began to escalate.
2019.11.30#
At 00:13, Zhihu deleted the question and subsequently began removing related questions.
Additionally, the account of the person involved, "Huawei North Africa Linxi," was banned, and related inquiries continued to be deleted and accounts disabled.
Before the 251 incident, "Huawei North Africa Linxi" (now banned) had posted a response at https://www.zhihu.com/answer/916689789, which has also been deleted.
A Zhihu employee revealed on Maimai that they received a lawyer's letter from Huawei, pressuring them to delete posts.
At the same time, it was noticed that Zhihu's popularity was continuously declining, and Weibo began to ban related topics.
References#
Most links are already 404; screenshots will be collected as much as possible.
- What do you think about the news that Huawei employee Li Hongyuan was sued for extortion after leaving the company and was detained for 251 days before being released due to insufficient evidence? (Original question, now 404, Google Cache archive.org)
Google Cache screenshot:
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zhihu-huawei251/2019.11.29 07:30:07 GMT webpage snapshot.nojs.html
- What do you think about the news that former Huawei employee Li Hongyuan was sued for extortion and was released after 251 days due to insufficient evidence? (Follow-up question)
- Is it true that a former Huawei employee was sued for extortion and detained for 251 days? (Follow-up question)