Events took another turn three days later, when the woman protester, surnamed Zhang, was released from detention.

In a Sina Weibo post, Zhang said Tesla did not contact her or her family until the morning of her release from police detention.

Shao said that officials and professionals from the NMPA were available for consultations on the phone and online chat groups around the clock when the company was running against time to develop nucleic acid detention reagents for COVID-19 early this year.

He mentioned the witch hunt against Chinese scientists as well as the harassment and detention of Chinese students in the US.

FedEx was also found to be involved in the detention of more than 100 Huawei-related shipments to China from abroad.

However, he added, “If companies are getting frightened by the detention of certain individuals, then investors might be scared away, and that is not in the interests of the United States.

The Foreign Ministry said in a response to media inquiries early on Saturday that it is paying close attention to Poland's detention of Wang.

The Foreign Ministry has said in an early Saturday statement that it is paying close attention to Poland's detention of Huawei employee Wang Weijing.

On Wednesday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang expressed disapproval of Meng's detention.

China has made its stance clear, demanding an immediate clarification of the reasons for detention," said spokesperson Geng Shuang.

The two countries did not specify the reason for the detention.

“But he was on bail after the previous two detentions,” Ye said, adding that this showed lenient punishment, including detention, could not threaten them.

The company provided tips about fake products to public security bureaus across the country, which led to the detention of 1,606 suspects.

"China will never allow or accept any form of political coercion and abuse of justice," he said, as he urged Washington and Ottawa to answer China's call for justice, end Meng's detention and ensure her safe return to China.

In a phone call with Meng on Wednesday, Chinese Ambassador to Canada Cong Peiwu blasted Ottawa for its detention of the Huawei chief financial officer, stressing that "any attempt to bully or oppress Chinese nationals will inevitably be hit hard".

On Wednesday, the former Nissan chairman reportedly met with Lebanon's President Michel Aoun and thanked the president for the support given to him while he was in detention.

The indictment was expected and it ensures he will remain in detention longer.

His current period of detention would have expired Monday if he had not been charged.

He is being held at the Tokyo Detention House for questioning about the latest set of charges against him.

Ghosn is facing financial misconduct charges and was arrested in connection with fresh allegations and taken back into custody last week after spending barely a month out of detention on bail.

"Ghosn, who this month was released on $9 million bail after spending more than 100 days in a Tokyo detention center, has called the charges against him "meritless".

He released a statement reasserting his innocence and calling his detention a "terrible ordeal," but has not commented since.

His detention for the breach of trust allegations would have expired on Friday if charges had not been filed.

Earlier this week, in his first public appearance since his arrest, Ghosn told a court he was innocent and appealed for his detention to end.

Ghosn remains CEO of Nissan's alliance partner Renault, though he was dismissed as chairman of Nissan and fellow alliance company Mitsubishi Motor Co. Renault has stuck by Ghosn since his arrest but faces pressure to find a successor as his detention drags on and questions mount about executive payment schemes used by the carmaker and related companies.

He was indicted last week and remains in detention.

Some kind of action by the prosecutors had been expected as the detention period allowed for the allegations disclosed so far ends on Monday.

His accomplice, Cheng, was sentenced to five months' detention, suspended for eight months, and fined 3,000 yuan for money laundering.

To collect debts, the gangs will insult or threaten borrowers or resort to violent crimes, such as illegal detention, she said.

The Ministry of Public Security announced last month that law enforcement officers nationwide solved 2,430 criminal cases involving hackers since the beginning of 2022, leading to the detention of more than 7,000 suspects.

For example, one clause in the draft states that a person will face a detention of five to 10 days or a fine ranging from 1,000 yuan ($137) to 3,000 yuan if he or she wears, or forces others to wear clothes or signs that "hurt the feelings of the Chinese nation".

These activities include organizing domestic individuals to participate in fraudulent activities abroad by illicitly crossing borders, as well as engaging in severe violent crimes such as unlawful detention and intentional injury.

Fu Jinlian, deputy head of the No 2 Civil Division with the SPC, said that when handling cases where company insiders are suspected of crimes, the court will crack down on the criminal act, while reducing the negative impact on companies resulting from the detention of the employees involved, as much as possible.

In a national survey of flood and drought risks, the ministry combed 97,000 reservoirs, 78,000 flood control sluices, 315,000 kilometers of dikes and 98 flood detention areas.

It involved the testing of flood forecasting, the flood control operation of key reservoirs, flood detention areas, and other command procedures for emergency river basin responses, the ministry said in a news release on Friday.

The Criminal Law states that whoever disrupts public order by provocative acts will face a sentence of up to five years in prison, detention or surveillance, "but the definition of the offense is too vague, making it frequently confused and easily abused in legal practice", said Zhu Zhengfu, a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress, China's top legislature, during this year's first session of the 14th NPC, which concluded on March 13.

Given that espionage is also harmful to society, the draft amendment states that those found providing spies with help, be this in the form of information, funds, supplies, labor, technology or locations, will first be warned or given administrative detention of up to 15 days by State security departments.