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The higher profile Huawei employees can be named as Han W. and Valerio O.<\/p>\n<p>All are suspected of\u00a0corruption, participation in a criminal organization and money laundering. They are presumed innocent. <\/p>\n<p>Two other defendants are contractors, including one from Forum Europe who is charged with &#8220;active corruption of a person holding a public office in an organization governed by public international law,&#8221; according to the timetable.<\/p>\n<p>Forum Europe said in an email: &#8220;We do not have any comment at this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The arrest warrant, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/belgian-prosecutors-huawei-corruption-illegal-payments-letter\/\">which POLITICO reported on<\/a> last week, included details from Belgian prosecutors alleging the key suspects may have facilitated the payments for the pro-Huawei letter. &#8220;A sum of \u20ac15,000 was offered to the writer of the 5G letter, while each co-signatory was offered \u20ac1,500,&#8221; read the warrant, signed by the investigative judge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis transaction or proposed transaction is said to have been endorsed by HUAWEI&#8217;s Chinese executives, in particular by &#8230;. 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