Category: Meng Wanzhou

Meng Wanzhou’s Legal Team Omits Critical Information in Extradition Case, Government Lawyer Says on Final Day of Hearing

A lawyer for Canada’s attorney general says Meng Wanzhou’s legal team is omitting important information in the extradition case against her and is instead presenting an “alternative narrative,” as the formal hearing for the case is set to wrap up today. Robert Frater told the British Columbia Supreme Court that Meng’s 2013 presentation to international bank HSBC…


Meng Extradition Hearing Enters Final Day; Judge Expected to Reserve Her Decision

VANCOUVER—Meng Wanzhou’s extradition hearing is expected to wrap up today with lawyers for Canada’s attorney general making their final submissions in the case that has soured Canada’s relationship with China. The B.C. Supreme Court judge is expected to reserve her decision following the submissions as she considers whether the United States has presented enough evidence…


Meng Wanzhou’s Legal Team Resumes Extradition Defence in B.C. Court

VANCOUVER—Meng Wanzhou’s legal team is expected to argue today there is no evidence showing the Huawei executive caused international bank HSBC to violate U.S. sanctions law. The B.C. Supreme Court is hearing formal arguments in the extradition case for the telecom executive that began last week amid rising diplomatic tensions. Meng, who is Huawei’s chief…


Meng Wanzhou’s Legal Team Resumes Extradition Defence in BC Court

VANCOUVER—Meng Wanzhou’s legal team is expected to argue today there is no evidence showing the Huawei executive caused international bank HSBC to violate U.S. sanctions law. The B.C. Supreme Court is hearing formal arguments in the extradition case for the telecom executive that began last week amid rising diplomatic tensions. Meng, who is Huawei’s chief…


Meng Wanzhou Part of a ‘Coordinated Plan’ to Mislead HSBC: Lawyer

Huawei senior executive Meng Wanzhou’s actions were part of a “coordinated plan” that exposed international bank HSBC to risks of economic prejudice, penalties, and losses, said a lawyer for Canada’s attorney general. Robert Frater told the British Columbia Supreme Court that HSBC was entitled to make decisions about providing financial services based on “honest and…


Meng Wanzhou Part of a ‘Coordinated Plan’ to Mislead HSBC: Canadian Govt. Lawyer

Huawei senior executive Meng Wanzhou’s actions were part of a “coordinated plan” that exposed international bank HSBC to risks of economic prejudice, penalties, and losses, said a lawyer for Canada’s attorney general. Robert Frater told the British Columbia Supreme Court that HSBC was entitled to make decisions about providing financial services based on “honest and…


Huawei Executive Meng Wanzhou’s Formal Extradition Hearing in B.C. Enters Day 2

VANCOUVER—Government lawyers are expected to argue today that an international bank risked losses due to the alleged misrepresentations by one of Huawei’s most senior executives. Meng Wanzhou, who is the Chinese telecom giant’s CFO and daughter of the company’s founder, is facing extradition to the United States on fraud charges that both she and the…


Canada Condemns China After Court Sentences Michael Spavor to 11 Years in Prison

OTTAWA—Canada will continue to fight for the release of Michael Spavor and other Canadians arbitrarily detained in China, Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau promised on Wednesday after a Chinese court sentenced the entrepreneur to 11 years in prison. Garneau in a news conference said the government condemns “in the strongest possible terms” the prison sentence,…


China Court Convicts Canadian Michael Spavor to 11 Years in Prison in Espionage Case

A Chinese court convicted Canadian businessman Michael Spavor of espionage on Wednesday and sentenced him to 11 years in prison, in a case seen in Ottawa and Washington as part of a wider diplomatic spat with Beijing. His sentencing comes as lawyers in Canada representing the chief financial officer of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei make…


China Court Convicts Canada’s Michael Spavor to 11 Years

A Chinese court on Wednesday convicted Canadian businessman Michael Spavor of espionage, sentencing him to 11 years in prison, in a case widely seen as part of the Chinese regime’s pressure campaign against Canada over the arrest of Huawei’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou. A statement from the Dandong’s Intermediate People’s Court in northeastern China’s…