Canada gives green light for extradition hearing against embattled top Huawei executive

CBC News, Canada’s publicly owned news and information service, reports that a statement  from the Department of Justice Canada announced that an extradition hearing against Meng Wanzhou, a top executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei,  can move forward.

The extradition proceedings are in relation to court proceedings in the United States where Meng is facing charges related to conspiring to violate international sanctions against Iran.

Meng Wanzhou
Meng Wanzhou, Chief Financial Officer of Huawei, who was arrested in Canada EPA-EFE/MAXIM SHIPENKOV

Canada had until midnight Friday, three months after Meng’s arrest in Vancouver, to decide whether to approve the proceedings.

Meng’s defence team said in a statement that Meng maintains she is innocent of any wrongdoing and that the U.S. prosecution and extradition is an abuse of legal process.

The Chinese Embassy in Canada also expressed its disappointment in the Department of Justice Canada’s decision and described the case as “political persecution”

Via CBC News

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