TechnologyCanada judge rules to delay Huawei CFO s extradition hearings
ReutersMoira Warburton
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Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her home to attend a court hearing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
A Canada judge has agreed to delay Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou s U.S. extradition hearings for three months, according to a ruling read in court on Wednesday, handing her defense team a win.
Meng, 49, was arrested at Vancouver International Airport on charges of bank fraud in the United States for allegedly misleading HSBC (HSBA.L) about Huawei s business dealings in Iran, causing the bank to break U.S. sanctions.
Canada Judge Adjourns Huawei Executive s Extradition Hearing Till August Canada Judge Adjourns Huawei Executive s Extradition Hearing Till August The delay requested by Meng Wanzhou upends the scheduled resumption on Monday of the British Columbia Supreme Court proceedings
Updated: April 22, 2021 3:27 am IST
Meng Wanzhou s team gets time to review new documents from HSBC they say are key to her defense
Vancouver:
A Canadian judge on Wednesday adjourned Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou s extradition hearing until August, giving her team time to review newly obtained documents from investment bank HSBC they say are key to her defense.
The delay requested by Meng upends the scheduled resumption on Monday of the British Columbia Supreme Court proceedings, which were to last three weeks and be the final leg of her two-and-a-half-year legal fight to forestall being sent to the United States to face charges of bank fraud.
Judge grants Meng s request to delay extradition hearings
by The Canadian Press
Posted Apr 21, 2021 4:57 pm EDT
Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei, leaves her home to attend a hearing at B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has granted Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou’s request to delay the final leg in her extradition hearings, days before they were set to begin.
Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes says she will deliver reasons for her decision in writing in the next week or so and a date to resume proceedings will be determined later.
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