Who reported UMC 48 hours and ship technology executives behind thriller

A sudden storm hit Suzhou and ship Technology Co. ltd..

After the Spring Festival to work for two days, the staff have not seen the boss. They did not expect, Xu Jianhua, chairman of the company is being detained at this time. Xu Jianhua did not expect that the Spring Festival has not finished, it was detained by the Taiwan authorities for 48 hours. February 15 afternoon, Taiwan, the prosecution department raided Xu Jianhua's home in Hsinchu. Subsequently, Taiwan chip companies UMC vice chairman Xuan Mingzhi's house and other 9 locations were also searched, a large number of electronic data and books were seized. Taiwan's Ministry of justice has also called for a ban on the wise and Xu Jianhua's departure from Taiwan.

Raid is investigating the relationship between the United Nations and Suzhou and ship. Taiwan Hsinchu District Prosecutors Office said, "some people report UMC talent and technology to" keep out "in Suzhou and ship, affect shareholders' equity, alleged breach of trust."

Until the evening of February 17th, after paying nearly $320 thousand (total $1000) bail, Xu Jianhua was released.

The next morning, Cao Xingcheng, chairman of the United Nations issued a public statement, said the United States had helped to set up and ship technology, and its customers looking for power, aimed at curbing the excessive expansion of smic. But on the ship and UMC and high technology is no investment, while the two company is the link between his own strategy, Cao Xing Cheng said willing to take responsibility, and is willing to check official statements for more details.

Lightning detained

Xu Jianhua lightning is arrested because he was considered a Taiwan chip enterprises to invest in Suzhou and ship electric technology "implementation".

Taiwan media reports, the Taiwan authorities after two or three years of investigation, found that Xu Jianhua and close contact with the electricity supplier. Moreover, the ship and nearly two years of rapid development, in the fourth quarter of 2004, the 0.18 micron chip foundry services into mass production, and to complete the process of development of 0.13 microns, and the patent rights of these 199 patents are all. At the same time, it was found that more than 40 engineers and the ship was left by the Federation after the collective.

The source said that Xu Jianhua was leaving the time of the union, and the time to set up and ship to Suzhou, which is the main part of the Taiwan prosecution department to stare at one of the main reasons.

Xie Ming, director of Suzhou Municipal Affairs Office, was one of the first to receive this news. He told reporters, in fact, Xu Jianhua has been a long time Taiwan authorities, because of has been unable to be further verified in Suzhou." Until the Spring Festival holiday, "Xu Taiwan, Taiwan prosecutors master Xu whereabouts, immediately launched inquiries.

Is located in Suzhou Industrial Park and ship technology still looks "waves of fashion". Although the company's top executives are not willing to comment on this matter, a female employee still can not help but say: everyone is still working as usual, I believe there will be no unrest, the boss will be back soon."

According to sources, Xu Jianhua's under investigation by the Taiwan authorities said, there are nearly 80 engineers in the UMC and ship work, but he did not hire, is done only verbal invitation UMC work. Xu Jianhua said that in the era of globalization, the engineers believe that the development of the joint did not go to the ship, which is their right to choose to work".

As for the part of the device, Xu Jianhua said, and the ship to the purchase of the old machine, is paid to obtain property rights, not free use.

Xu Jianhua is not in the hands of the ship and the ship's hands, just the resignation of the joint staff." UMC spokesman Liu Qidong for investigating the incident insisted that the company did not invest directly in Suzhou and ship technology, have not found any specific things outside the card breach.

Return home is understandable." Shanghai Integrated Circuit Industry Association experts said, Xu Jianhua and executives from the electric ship is leaving, but the ancestral home is Jiangsu. He also said that the incident will not affect the pace of industrial transfer, because this is the trend of globalization."

"Shadow factory"?

Although the United States has repeatedly said the ship and the ship is just a friendly relationship between the manufacturers, but the ship and the electricity, the industry has been shadow factory said.

The spread of the argument is that in 2001, UMC chairman Cao Xingcheng went to Jiangnan investigation, the Taiwan authorities decided to bypass restrictions. In November of the same year, and ship technology was established in Suzhou.

However, a securities analyst told reporters, from the flow of funds, "means clean, not a handle". The authorities in Taiwan UMC investment mainland mystery, the last should settle a matter by leaving it unsettled.

And the ship registered in Suzhou science and Technology Industrial Park, business information, and the ship is a wholly foreign-owned enterprise, the foreign name is British Welker islands oak joint company, the registered capital of $350 million, the registration time is November 23, 2001. Legal representative Xu Jianhua, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

According to informed sources, Xu Jianhua, a total of 15 years of work in the united. 4 years ago, he resigned from the position of deputy director of the joint power company's 8 inch chip factory, to the founding of Suzhou and ship, including a number of senior officials, including Deputy Cao loyal origin.

Suzhou Industrial Park, the introduction of an internal communication materials, and the ship is the first 8 inches in Jiangsu chip manufacturing plant. May 2003 officially put into operation 8 inch chip, has been introduced into the process of advanced technology, such as 0.25 micron / micron and so on, plans to build six chip manufacturers in the next 10 years, with a total investment of more than $10 billion.

And after the ship began to produce good. Prior to this, and the ship science and technology, a senior told reporters, and the ship's first production line in March 2004 has reached 16000 monthly production capacity, to achieve a single month, single quarter profit and loss balance;