The Xinhua report quoted Le as calling Meng’s detention “extremely egregious” and demanding the U.S. vacate an order for her arrest. The move followed the summoning of Canadian Ambassador John McCallum on Saturday over Meng’s detention and a similar protest warning of “grave consequences” if she is not released. The Canadian province of British Columbia said in a statement Sunday it canceled a trade mission to China because of Meng’s detention. U.S. officials also said Meng and Huawei misled American banks about its business dealings in Iran. Meng, he said, had misled U.S. banks into thinking that Huawei and Skycom were separate when, in fact, “Skycom was Huawei.” Meng has contended that Huawei sold Skycom in 2009.

Source: Fox News December 09, 2018 21:45 UTC