A lawyer for Meng Wanzhou wants the judge overseeing the Huawei executive's extradition case to see evidence he claims will show the U.S. account of Meng's alleged crimes is misleading. Meng, who is Huawei's chief financial officer, is charged with fraud and conspiracy in New York. Meng sits behind defence lawyer Frank Addario as he argues that new evidence should be included as part of the extradition proceedings against his client. The defence claims evidence will show that HSBC senior staff were aware that Huawei controlled a company accused of violating U.S. economic sanctions against Iran. He said the kind of evidence Addario wants to introduce is "textbook" inadmissible, because it speaks to witness credibility and alternate inferences of facts.

Source: CBC News March 02, 2021 01:30 UTC