Protestors outside a Canadian courtroom for the extradition trial of Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou. 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, AFP reports. A dozen men and women on Monday, at the start of the hearing considering whether or not to hand over Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou to USauthorities to face fraud charges, held up red and white hand-written signs that read "Free Meng" and "Trump stop bullying us." "I started realizing, wait, no one called 'action,'" Hackstaff said. "I'm honestly pretty ashamed and embarrassed," she said, explaining that she had not known about Meng or her legal saga.-Photo: CBC Canada

Source: The Standard January 23, 2020 10:07 UTC