Meng, a Chinese citizen and daughter of Huawei's billionaire founder Ren Zheng, was arrested in December 2018 on a warrant issued by US authorities. But British Columbia's Superior Court Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes disagreed, ruling the legal standard of double criminality had been met. Huawei said it was disappointed by the Canadian court ruling and it expects that Canada's judicial system will ultimately prove her innocence. Reid Weingarten, a US lawyer for Meng, said Meng should "not be a pawn or a hostage" in the China-US relationship. Canada's justice ministry said its lawyers were committed to moving ahead as fast as possible.

Source: bd News24 May 27, 2020 20:48 UTC