Chinese mobile phone company Oppo today said it has fired the employee who insulted the Indian flag at its Noida factory premises yesterday.
“We have zero tolerance for such matters and have taken strict action in terminating the individual and continue working very closely with the authorities on the matter,” Oppo India said in a statement here.
Oppo India regretted the “unfortunate incident” and reaffirmed that this was an individual’s behaviour that in no way represented the company’s position.
“The Chinese government always asks its Chinese enterprises and staff overseas to abide by local law and regulations and respect local practices and customs,” Lu Kang, foreign ministry spokesperson said.
Police registered a case against the person, who worked as a production manager in Oppo and allegedly tore and threw the Tricolour in the dustbin at the firm’s office on Tuesday evening.The FIR has been lodged under The Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, police said.
“We hope that it will be resolved properly. The Chinese government always asks its Chinese enterprises and staff overseas to abide by local law, regulations and respect local practices and customs,” the spokesperson said.
“Based on the recent incident and after thorough investigation with the concerned authorities, we have found that a worker discarded the Indian Flag from the table during regular external material check,” the company statement said.
“We at OPPO India would like to restate our deep respect for India and the people here. Since our establishment in India, OPPO has been committed to the development of the industry and local communities. Our priority is the well being of our employees and the community we service,” it said.
Stressing that it has “deep respect” for India and its culture, the company said it continues to obey the applicable laws and regulations in India and will not tolerate any misconduct.
The website also said that the company was “really worried about the incident” and that they respect India and 99% of its employees,in India,were Indians.
