Canada will let the US extradite Huawei’s CFO
The Canadian government will allow the US to extradite Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou. Canada’s Department of Justice announced today that the decision “follows a thorough and diligent review of the evidence in this case.” It called the evidence the US presented “sufficient.” The government’s decision will now be heard by a judge, who will determine whether the extradition process will move forward.
Meng, who’s also the daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, was arrested in Vancouver in December and held on charges of fraud. Meng served on the board for a Hong Kong-based company called Skycom, which allegedly did business with Iran between 2009 and 2014, in violation of US sanctions. Huawei has also been separately accused of stealing...