VANCOUVER: Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou faces a new round of extradition hearings starting Monday in Vancouver, as the two-year anniversary of her arrest by Canadian authorities approaches. Over the next two weeks in a court in Vancouver, Meng’s lawyers are scheduled to continue their cross-examination of law enforcement witnesses involved in her detention. As the extradition hearings resume, Canada’s attorney general has been given a day on December 7 to argue that the court should block some evidence regarding Trump’s involvement. The US has accused Meng of hiding Huawei’s relationship with former subsidiary Skycom to evade US sanctions on Iran, an allegation she denies. The Trump administration argues that Huawei has ties to China’s Communist Party and that its new 5G technology could be used for espionage.

Source: Manila Times November 16, 2020 06:33 UTC