Toy company chiefs say order was blocked by employee who misinterpreted rule on political neutrality,but deny they were influenced by China concernsLego’s vice-chairman has called his company’s refusal to sell its bricks to Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei an “internal mistake”.
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, the grandson of the founder, and told the Wall Street Journal that the company’s decision final year to decline a bulk order made on behalf of the artist,on the grounds that supporting his Melbourne exhibition would contravene “corporate policy”, was made by a very low-level employee.
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Source: theguardian.com