VANCOUVER, June 16 — Lawyers for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou yesterday accused Canadian police and border agents, in collusion with the FBI, of abuse of process in her arrest on a US warrant. At a British Columbia Supreme Court hearing to set the timetable for extradition hearings, defence...
Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou smiles as she leaves her home to attend a court hearing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada May 27, 2020. — Reuters pic
At a British Columbia Supreme Court hearing to set the timetable for extradition hearings, defence lawyer David Martin argued that Canadian officials purposely delayed her arrest by several hours during a December 2018 stopover in Vancouver in order to gather evidence for the FBI. The court heard previously that the FBI had asked for Meng’s devices to be stored in “signal-blocking” bags, which the Canada Border Services Agency did.The daughter of the billionaire founder of Chinese telecom giant Huawei, Ren Zhengfei, is wanted in the US for fraud linked to Iran sanctions.
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