Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou Accuses US Of Giving Canadian Court ‘Grossly Misleading’ Evidence Summary In Extradition Case
By Ian Young
Vancouver: Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has accused the United States of providing a “grossly inaccurate misleading” summary of evidence to the Canadian court hearing her
extradition case, arguing that the case should be thrown out as a result.
The new claims in Meng’s bid
to avoid extradition to the US to face fraud charges include that the US
misrepresented and omitted details of a crucial PowerPoint presentation that
Meng delivered to a HSBC banker in Hong Kong.
The 2013 presentation forms
the basis of the US claims that she defrauded HSBC by lying about Huawei’s business
in Iran, allegedly in breach of US sanctions, and that she should be sent to
New York to face trial.
“Ms
Meng will submit that the Requesting State’s summary of evidence … is grossly
inac...