Earlier today, several top designers at HTC were arrested in
Taipei under suspicion of fraudulent expense claims, as well as stealing trade
secrets ahead of leaving the company to run a new mobile design firm in both
Taiwan and mainland China. Five people were interrogated, with the most notable
ones being Vice President of Product Design Thomas Chien (pictured above),
R&D director Wu Chien Hung and design team senior manager Justin Huang (who
also personally sketched out the One's design). Chien and Wu have been taken
into custody, whereas the others were released on bail. Their offices were also
raided yesterday for the investigation.