A Chinese job applicant recently filed a lawsuit against Nokia in China, claiming that Nokia’s subsidiary in Dongguan turned him away after discovering that he was a Hepatitis-B carrier. He is claiming compensation of CNY 500,000...According to the Nokia company policy, a chronic disease must not have any influence on a recruitment decision, unless it makes the applicant unable to work or causes a considerable risk to others...At the court hearing his lawyers presented a recording that allegedly proves that a woman working in the personnel department of Nokia rejected Li on the basis of the HBV..."This case will make the problem known publicly. It will also teach HBV carriers how to defend their legal rights", said Lu Ju, an HBV activist, who is assisting Li in the lawsuit.