Since 2018, Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou has been detained in Canada on behalf of the United States. Meng, the daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, was charged by US prosecutors with selling equipment to Iran, stealing trade secrets, and engaging in fraud in violation of the 2017 sanctions. Meng went to her final court hearing in Canada on Friday to fight extradition to the United States.
The prosecution agreement reached between Brooklyn federal prosecutors and Meng was valid for four years following the arrest and would expire in December 2022. The Justice Department agreed to drop the charges against Meng and allow her to return to China if she complies with the DPA’s condition of acknowledging wrongdoing. Meng’s attorneys anticipate that the charges against her will be dropped within months of her release.
the two Canadians imprisoned in China outside the British Columbia Supreme Court
Following the court hearing, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the release of two Canadians arrested in China for three years on spying charges following Meng’s detainment.
Despite Meng being under house arrest in her mansion on bail conditions, the two Canadians were imprisoned and tried in isolation, with little communication from the outside world. Michael Spavor was charged with espionage and sentenced to 11 years in prison while Former diplomat Michael Kovrig awaited the verdict of his trial. The United States withdrew its extradition request for Meng, who returned to China after thanking Canada for “upholding the rule of law.”
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