Huawei CFO's phone passcodes were provided in error to Canada police: Report
FirstpostMeng was arrested at a Vancouver airport on 1 December at the request of the US, where she is charged with bank fraud. Canada’s border security agency admitted making an “error” while sharing passcodes of phones belonging to Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou with Canadian federal police, according to document filed as part of a hearing in a British Columbia court. An email submitted to the British Columbia Supreme Court on Tuesday says “the passcodes were provided in error and could not be disclosed as evidence nor used to access any of Ms Meng’s devices.” Meng’s lawyers are demanding emails, notes and other records to support their case that Meng’s rights were violated before her arrest. They wrapped up their arguments last week, saying Royal Canadian Mounted Police had originally planned to board Meng’s flight once it landed in Vancouver and arrest her. The email from a representative of the Canada Border Services Agency further says that the RCMP confirmed they did not access the devices, and do not intend to access the devices at any time as it was “not their investigation.” Lawyers for Canada’s attorney general are set continue their oral arguments on behalf of the United States in the British Columbia courtroom Wednesday.