TORONTO: Protestors outside a Canadian courtroom pressing for the release of a senior Chinese telecommunications executive fighting extradition to the US were paid actors, they told local media. And it was in those moments and questions where I started realizing, OK, if this was background work, they wouldn’t need detail on background people,” Julia Hackstaff told public broadcaster CBC. “I started realizing, wait, no one called ‘action,'” Hackstaff said. Her extradition hearing is scheduled to last until Friday, then adjourn until a second phase scheduled for June. Huawei said in a statement that it “had no involvement with the protestors” and “is unaware of any plans by those responsible.”

Source: Pakistan Today January 23, 2020 06:33 UTC