Meng Wanzhou: Huawei CFO claims US and Canada unlawfully detained her
CNNHong Kong CNN Business — Attorneys for Huawei’s chief financial officer want a Canadian court to halt her extradition case based on what they claim was misconduct by US and Canadian authorities. Meng was detained in Canada late last year, and she and Huawei face a number of charges — including bank fraud, trade secrets theft and sanctions evasion — in US federal courts. Attorneys for Meng, who is also the daughter of the Chinese tech company’s billionaire founder, claim that US and Canadian officials orchestrated a “covert criminal investigation” to unlawfully detain, search and interrogate her, according to court documents. The attorneys claim that Canada and the United States “coordinated a strategy” to “intentionally delay” Meng’s arrest so that Canadian border agents could hold her “under the pretense of a routine immigration check.” That allowed border agents to gather evidence from Meng “for the benefit” of the FBI and other US authorities, according to court documents.