Huawei CFO to try Trump card against US in extradition battle
The president said he would intervene in the US case against CFO Meng Wanzhou if it would help close a trade deal with China
Vancouver/New York — Huawei's chief financial officer intends to seek a stay of extradition proceedings in part based on statements by President Donald Trump about the case, which her lawyers say disqualifies the US from pursuing the matter in Canada. CFO Meng Wanzhou, 47, the daughter of Huawei Technologies's billionaire founder, Ren Zhengfei, was arrested at Vancouver's airport in December on a US warrant and is fighting extradition on charges that she conspired to defraud global banks about Huawei's relationship with a company operating in Iran. After the arrest, Trump said he would intervene in the US case against Meng if it would help close a trade deal with China. Meng's defence lawyers said in a document presented to the British Columbia Supreme Court on Wednesday that they intend to apply for the stay of the extradition proceedings based on abuses that go beyond Trump's comments. The lawyers also claim Meng was unlawfully detained, searched and interrogated at the airport, ...
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