Xiaomi Says Legal Complaint Against US to Protect Company's Interests

Xiaomi said the US decision to include the company as a "communist Chinese military company" was "factually incorrect".

By Reuters | Updated: 1 February 2021 10:37 IST

Xiaomi Says Legal Complaint Against US to Protect Company's Interests

Xiaomi said 75 percent of company's voting rights were held by co-founders Lin Bin and Lei Jun

Highlights

Xiaomi says its complaint was to protect the company's interests
It wants to be removed from list of companies tied to China's military
Xiaomi said US decision was "factually incorrect"

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi said on Sunday that its legal complaint against the US Department of Defense and the Treasury Department was to protect the company's interests, in a notice on the Hong Kong stock exchange.

The company filed a complaint in a Washington district court on Friday against the US Defense and Treasury Departments, seeking to remove the Chinese smartphone maker from an official list of companies with ties to China's military.

Xiaomi said the US decision to include the company as a "communist Chinese military company" was "factually incorrect" and said it had asked the courts to declare the decision illegal.

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The Defense Department, under the Trump administration in mid-January, added Xiaomi and eight other companies to the list, which requires American investors to divest their holdings in the firms by a set deadline.

Xiaomi has said that 75 percent of the company's voting rights, under a weighted structure, were held by co-founders Lin Bin and Lei Jun, with no ownership or control from an individual or entity affiliated with the military.

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