The PV company executive taken away by German police was assisting an investigation, the China Photovoltaic Industry Association (CPIA) said on Tue, stating that only one person was involved in the investigation.

The CPIA on Tuesday issued an urgent clarification addressing the incident, saying that person in concern was only assisting in the investigation and has now returned to their hotel. 

The CPIA said only one person assisted with the investigation, which did not involve a number of Chinese photovoltaic companies, and there was no case of multiple people being involved despite speculations by online reporting. 

Pu Yonghua, the person concerned in the Munich photovoltaic exhibition incident told Seashell Finance on 5:30 pm Tuesday local time that he has been released by the police and has arrived at a local hotel ready to check in. 

Pu told the finance new portal that he was summoned for investigation by the police and has been released. Pu said that the investigation was not connected to major events. 

The German Federal Police from Munich Airport confirmed that at around 7: 30 am Tuesday that uniformed officers took away one person upon the arrival of flight LH727 from Shanghai, Yicai reported. 

The flight was carrying a number of Chinese photovoltaic industry leaders who planned to participate in Intersolar Europe, the world’s largest solar technology exhibition, which will take place in Munich from Wednesday to Friday, Securities Times reported. 

According to public information, Pu used to work for Jiangsu Runda PV Co and owns a 30 percent of share of Jiangsu Green Power New Energy Co.

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