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Vancouver (AFP) - Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on Monday requested a four-month delay in her extradition case in Canada, citing newly obtained documents from investment bank HSBC her team claims are key to her defense. Chief financial officer Meng -- whose father is the company's founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei -- is fighting extradition to the United States, where she faces charges of bank fraud and conspiracy related to a Huawei subsidiary's alleged violations of US sanctions on Iran. Her lawyers asked that the case, which was due to resume at the end of April, be pushed to August 3, so they ...
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Vancouver (AFP) - Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou, Huawei Technologies' chief financial officer, argued Monday that the US conspiracy and fraud charges against her are only a "concern of China" and unrelated to the United States. Extraditing Meng from Canada would undermine Chinese sovereignty in international law, they said. Referring to allegations that Meng lied to HSBC bank during a 2013 presentation about a Huawei subsidiary's activities in Iran -- the pillar of the US prosecution and extradition request -- defense lawyer Gib van Ert said the meeting was in China and should not concern the Unite...
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Vancouver (AFP) - A lawyer for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on Wednesday accused Canadian authorities of being "deliberately deceptive" and "untruthful" in their court testimony about her 2018 arrest and then trying to cover it up. Meng is fighting extradition to the United States, where she faces charges of bank fraud and conspiracy related to a Huawei subsidiary's alleged violations of US sanctions on Iran. Both Meng and the Chinese telecom giant deny any wrongdoing. Her defense lawyer Tony Paisana said authorities failed to read Meng her rights, give her access to a lawyer or consular supp...
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Dubai (AFP) - Chinese telecoms giant Huawei is enjoying an extended honeymoon with oil-rich Gulf nations, despite being criticised in the United States and Europe as a potential security threat. Arab Gulf countries -- strategic partners of Washington that are seeking to diversify their economies -- are investing heavily in the sector as their appetite for technology grows. Huawei has struggled in recent years in the face of US sanctions, as Washington claims Huawei has close ties to China's military and that Beijing could use its equipment for espionage -- accusations the company denies. Brit...
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Vancouver (AFP) - A Canadian judge on Friday rejected Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's request to relax her bail conditions as she fights against extradition to the US on fraud and conspiracy charges. British Columbia Supreme Court Justice William Ehrcke ruled that the Chinese businesswoman must remain under constant supervision by court-ordered security guards -- imposed after her arrest two years ago. "The conditions imposed in my original bail order are the minimum necessary to ensure Ms. Meng will attend court as and when required and will not flee the jurisdiction," Ehrcke said. "These con...
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Vancouver (AFP) - Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou appeared for a new round of extradition hearings Monday in Vancouver, as the two-year anniversary of her arrest by Canadian authorities approaches.Meng, chief financial officer of the Chinese tech giant, has been fighting extradition to the United States, where she faces fraud and conspiracy charges related to alleged violations by Huawei of US sanctions on Iran.Her December 2018 Vancouver arrest plunged Canada-China relations into crisis.Days later, two Canadians were detained in China, accused by Beijing of espionage in what Ottawa has insisted...
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Vancouver (AFP) - A Canadian police officer testified Monday about his arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on a US extradition warrant, revealing that Washington had requested that data on her phone and laptop be secured so that it could not be "erased remotely."Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable Winston Yep -- the first witness to testify in the extradition case -- arrested the Chinese telecom giant's chief financial officer in December 2018 during a stopover in Vancouver.She is charged with bank fraud related to violations of US sanctions against Iran.Yep told the British Columbia S...
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Ottawa (AFP) - A Canadian judge has refused Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's request to access a number of confidential documents, dealing a fresh blow in her fight against extradition to the United States.Meng, the Chinese telecom giant's chief financial officer, was arrested on a US warrant in December 2018 during a stopover in Vancouver. She is charged with bank fraud related to violations of US sanctions against Iran, and has been fighting extradition ever since.Late Thursday, the Canadian justice department announced that British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Heather Holmes had "upheld a ...
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