Staff of firm that cleared Volkswagen on Xinjiang labour faults audit process

Days after German carmaker Volkswagen was cleared of using forced labour in a Chinese factory, a soap opera continued to unfold on social media, pitting the founder of the responsible audit company against his own staff.

Most employees at Berlin-based audit company Löning questioned the audit’s veracity, in an explosive posting last week on the company’s official LinkedIn account. As the company founder moved to contain the situation on Thursday, senior EU figures weighed in.