VANCOUVER/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou is raising a new argument in a Canadian court in a bid to fight extradition to the United States on bank fraud charges, court documents launched on Monday revealed.
FILE IMAGE: Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her house to go to a court hearing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada May 27,2020 REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
Meng’s legal representatives declare the case that the United States submitted to Canada is “so replete with deliberate and negligent mistake” that it violates her rights.
Meng, 48, was apprehended in Vancouver on Dec. 1, 2018, at the demand of the United States, where she is charged with bank fraud and implicated of misleading HSBC Holdings Plc ( HSBA.L) about Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s business in Iran.
Meng, the daughter of billionaire Huawei creator Ren Zhengfei, has actually stated she is innocent and is fighting extradition.
The arrest has strained China’s relations with both the Uni