Huawei CFO is one crucial step closer to being extradited to the US

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China won't be happy.

 

The US has edged one step closer to securing the extradition of Huawei’s CFO over alleged Iran sanction violations. The Supreme Court of British Columbia has ruled (via TechCrunch) that Meng Wanzhou’s case met the standard for “double criminality” in extraditions — that is, what she allegedly did in one country was also illegal in Canada at the time of her arrest. If Meng’s case hadn’t met that baseline, the case would have been immediately closed.

https://www.engadget.com/huawei-cfo-extradition-allowed-in-canada-ruling-194024350.html

 

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Canada court finds against Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou on double criminality; extradition trial to continue

 

In a closely watched decision today, the Supreme Court of British Columbia published a key decision in the extradition case of Meng Wanzhou, the CFO of Huawei Technologies,  China’s largest telecommunications company and a frequent target of U.S. policymakers.

In its ruling, the court said that the case met the standard for “double criminality,” and thus the extradition hearing will be allowed to continue. That decision represents a major blow to Huawei, which had hoped to end the suit and bring Meng home back to China.

It’s a pivotal moment in the long-running saga over the fate of Meng and Huawei itself. She was arrested at Vancouver International Airport on December 1, 2018 at the request of U.S. authorities, who eventually indicted her and Huawei itself with a bevy of fraud charges.

Those charges stemmed from an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice looking into Huawei’s ties with a number of affiliates, including Skycom Tech Co Ltd, which is alleged to have sold telecommunications equipment to Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions. Huawei uses American technology in its products, and under U.S. export laws, companies are forbidden from transferring that technology to countries under sanction. Huawei has previously denied that it controlled the companies, and has vigorously defended itself in the case.

Meng has been under house arrest in Vancouver for almost a year and a half pending deliberations of the Canadian courts. The case has seen intense scrutiny from China, the U.S. and Canadian authorities, and has become a symbol of the continuing trade fight between the U.S. and China.

https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/27/canada-court-finds-against-huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhou-on-double-criminality-extradition-trial-to-continue/

 

Would be very interesting to see what happens. This is one of two very popular extradition cases in the news right now. 

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This all flies in the face of what Socialism/Communism is all about.  Socialist/Communist countries do not care about any single person, heck they sacrifice members of their population all the time.  Why is this one woman so important to the CCP?

Edited May 29, 2020 by Dashinka

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She'd be welcomed in the People's Republic of Michigan...

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20 hours ago, Burnt Reynolds said:

https://www.engadget.com/huawei-cfo-extradition-allowed-in-canada-ruling-194024350.html

 

https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/27/canada-court-finds-against-huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhou-on-double-criminality-extradition-trial-to-continue/

 

Would be very interesting to see what happens. This is one of two very popular extradition cases in the news right now. 

China knows this is about putting Huawei on trial for PR purposes.

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

28 minutes ago, JonSeattle said:

China knows this is about putting Huawei on trial for PR purposes.

Can you elaborate?