LIVE: Day 2 of Meng Wanzhou extradition hearing underway in Vancouver
Credit to Author: Scott Brown| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 21:11:54 +0000
Day 2 of a court hearing is underway today in Vancouver over a request from the United States to extradite Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou on fraud charges.
U.S. authorities allege that Meng, the chief financial officer of the Chinese tech giant and daughter of the company’s founder, committed fraud when she allegedly lied to a bank in 2013 about her company’s dealings with a former subsidiary accused of breaching the U.S. trade sanctions in Iran.
Monday’s first phase of the extradition hearing dealt with double-criminality — whether the crime for which Meng is being sought by the United States is also a crime in Canada.
Postmedia court reporter Keith Fraser is reporting live from the Vancouver courthouse:
Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her home to attend her extradition hearing at B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her Vancouver home for an extradition hearing in British Columbia Supreme Court, on January 21, 2020 in Vancouver, British Colombia. – The Chinese telecommunications executive whose arrest in Vancouver badly strained Canada-China relations went to court on Monday to fight extradition to the United States, with her lawyers calling the accusations against her "fiction." Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of tech giant Huawei and eldest daughter of its founder Ren Zhengfei, is wanted by US authorities for alleged fraud. (Photo by Don MacKinnon / AFP)
Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her Vancouver home with her security detail for an extradition hearing in British Columbia Supreme Court, on January 21, 2020 in Vancouver, British Colombia. – The Chinese telecommunications executive whose arrest in Vancouver badly strained Canada-China relations went to court on Monday to fight extradition to the United States, with her lawyers calling the accusations against her "fiction." Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of tech giant Huawei and eldest daughter of its founder Ren Zhengfei, is wanted by US authorities for alleged fraud. (Photo by Don MacKinnon / AFP)
Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her Vancouver home for an extradition hearing in British Columbia Supreme Court, on January 21, 2020 in Vancouver, British Colombia. – The Chinese telecommunications executive whose arrest in Vancouver badly strained Canada-China relations went to court on Monday to fight extradition to the United States, with her lawyers calling the accusations against her "fiction." Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of tech giant Huawei and eldest daughter of its founder Ren Zhengfei, is wanted by US authorities for alleged fraud. (Photo by Don MacKinnon / AFP)
Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her Vancouver home with her security detail for an extradition hearing in British Columbia Supreme Court, on January 21, 2020 in Vancouver, British Colombia. – The Chinese telecommunications executive whose arrest in Vancouver badly strained Canada-China relations went to court on Monday to fight extradition to the United States, with her lawyers calling the accusations against her "fiction." Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of tech giant Huawei and eldest daughter of its founder Ren Zhengfei, is wanted by US authorities for alleged fraud. (Photo by Don MacKinnon / AFP)
Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her home to attend her extradition hearing at B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, wearing an ankle monitor, leaves her Vancouver home for an extradition hearing in British Columbia Supreme Court, on January 21, 2020 in Vancouver, British Colombia. – The Chinese telecommunications executive whose arrest in Vancouver badly strained Canada-China relations went to court on Monday to fight extradition to the United States, with her lawyers calling the accusations against her "fiction." Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of tech giant Huawei and eldest daughter of its founder Ren Zhengfei, is wanted by US authorities for alleged fraud. (Photo by Don MacKinnon / AFP)
Steven Song (L), Shengwu Zhu and Zhiyuan Wang (R) hold signs outside of B.C. Supreme Court during Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's extradition hearing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her Vancouver home with her security detail for an extradition hearing in British Columbia Supreme Court, on January 21, 2020 in Vancouver, British Colombia. – The Chinese telecommunications executive whose arrest in Vancouver badly strained Canada-China relations went to court on Monday to fight extradition to the United States, with her lawyers calling the accusations against her "fiction." Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of tech giant Huawei and eldest daughter of its founder Ren Zhengfei, is wanted by US authorities for alleged fraud. (Photo by Don MacKinnon / AFP)
Steven Song and a small group of protesters hold signs and flags outside of B.C. Supreme Court during Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's extradition hearing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her home to attend her extradition hearing at B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier