French Min: No Info On Chinese Involvement In Renault Spying Case
January 14 2011 - 3:58AM
Dow Jones News
French Industry Minister Eric Besson said Friday there is no
information about possible Chinese involvement in the case related
to car maker Renault SA (RNO.FR), and the government must not
discuss anything about the complaint Renault filed with the state
prosecutor in Paris on suspected industrial espionage.
"We never within the government mentioned such a possibility,"
Besson said in an interview with local Cable TV channel LCI, after
being asked whether there was any new information about Chinese
involvement in the Renault case.
Besson said the matter is in the court's hands and the
government mustn't make any comment. He said he discussed the case
with Renault's Chief Executive Patrick Pelata.
The complaint followed last week's suspension of three Renault
employees suspected of providing proprietary information about the
company's multi-billion-dollar joint electric car program with
Japanese affiliate Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (7201.TO) to outside
interests it hasn't identified.
One person familiar with the matter said last week that Renault
was looking into possible Chinese interests involved in the
episode. An official from Chinese Foreign Ministry said mentioning
China in the case was "groundless and irresponsible."
-By Inti Landauro, Dow Jones Newswires; +33 1 4017 1740;
inti.landauro@dowjones.com
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