Avoid ZTE, former Iloilo lawmaker warns

FORMER Iloilo vice governor and representative Rolex Suplico reiterated his warning that companies or agencies in the Philippines should “refrain from associating with the ZTE Corp. of China” because of recent reports that the United States slapped trade restriction against the agency for selling US-made high-technology goods to Iran.

In a public notice, the US Department of Commerce cited ZTE documents showing that the mobile phone maker illicitly re-exported controlled items to Iran through a series of shell companies in violation of US export control laws.