Category Archives: Meng Wanzhou

Huawei hopes US decision on Meng Wanzhou heralds new era in relations

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US justice department suspended fraud charges against chief financial officer of Chinese telecoms giant

The Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei hopes that the US justice department’s decision to abandon its efforts to extradite Meng Wanzhou may mark the starting point in a new era in relations between the company, China and the US government.

Meng, the firm’s chief financial officer and daughter of its founder, was freed last month after three years of house arrest in Canada following an agreement with the justice department to suspend fraud charges against her.

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Meng and the Michaels: why China’s embrace of hostage diplomacy is a warning to other nations

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Analysis: Beijing’s increasingly hardline approach sends a chilling message

The release of two Canadian hostages by China has ended a lengthy feud between the two countries, but experts caution the saga foreshadows a deepening rift between the two nations.

After facing charges of espionage and spending more than 1,000 days in detention, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were set free by Chinese authorities late last week. Accompanied by Canada’s ambassador to China, the pair arrived home early on Saturday morning.

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Meng Wanzhou: US prosecutors reach deal in case of Huawei executive at center of diplomatic row

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The agreement with Wanzhou clears a topic of dispute between US and China and could bring release of two Canadians

Meng Wanzhou, the Huawei executive at the centre of a three-way diplomatic row between China, the US and Canada has reached an agreement with US prosecutors to resolve the bank fraud case against her, in a process that should allow her to leave Canada, where she has been under house arrest.

Meng is expected to appear virtually in a hearing on Friday afternoon in Brooklyn federal court. She was arrested at Vancouver international airport in December 2018 on a US warrant, and was indicted on bank and wire fraud charges for allegedly misleading HSBC about Huawei’s business dealings in Iran.

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Huawei lawyers claim emails prove US has no grounds to extradite CFO from Canada

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Lawyers will try to persuade Canadian court to permit new documents to be introduced as evidence to clear Meng Wanzhou

US justice department’s battle to extradite Meng Wanzhou from Canada has taken a fresh turn as lawyers for Huawei’s chief financial officer claimed that internal emails and bank documents prove there is no grounds to extradite her to the US.

Meng, 48, was arrested on a US warrant at Vancouver airport in late 2018, and has been battling extradition to the US. Her detention infuriated the Chinese government and has helped drag relations between Beijing and Ottawa to their lowest point in years.

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Canada judge delays extradition hearings in win for Huawei executive

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Meng Wanzhou’s team had sought more time to review new documents after Hong Kong settlement with HSBC

A Canada judge has agreed to delay Meng Wanzhou’s US extradition hearings for three months, according to a ruling read in court on Wednesday, handing the Huawei chief financial officer’s defense team a win.

Meng, 49, was arrested at Vancouver international airport on charges of bank fraud in the US for allegedly misleading HSBC about Huawei’s business dealings in Iran, causing the bank to break US sanctions.

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Huawei: bullets sent to Meng Wanzhou while under house arrest, court hears

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Chief financial officer received multiple death threats during time in Vancouver, Canadian court told

Huawei’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, has received multiple death threats – including bullets in the mail – while under house arrest in Vancouver, a Canadian court heard on Wednesday.

The threats were revealed during testimony by Doug Maynard, chief operating officer of Lions Gate Risk Management, the company providing her security detail.

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Canada judge blocks attorney general’s attempt to dismiss Meng Wanzhou’s arguments

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Judge declines to dismiss case against Huawei CEO but says assertion that US misrepresented evidence for extradition has ‘air of reality’

A judge has blocked an attempt by Canada’s attorney general to dismiss parts of the extradition case against Huawei’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, according to a ruling released on Thursday.

However, the judge sided with the attorney general in agreeing that Meng’s arguments were not strong enough to warrant an immediate dismissal of the case to extradite to the US for trial on fraud charges.

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