Canadian court rules against Huawei executive fighting extradition

VANCOUVER: Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou suffered a legal setback on Wednesday when a Canadian judge ruled that proceedings to extradite her to the United States will go ahead.

"The double criminality requirement for extradition is capable of being met in this case," British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Heather Holmes said in her 23-page ruling.Prosecutors accused Meng of committing fraud by lying to a bank, in this case an American one. That is a crime in both Canada and the United States.

Beijing has signalled that her repatriation was a pre-condition for improved bilateral ties and its release of two Canadians detained on espionage suspicions. He also renewed demands"for the Canadian side to correct its mistakes and release Ms Meng immediately and ensure that she returns to China safely, to avoid causing more damage to Canada and China relations."He lamented last week that communist-led China"doesn't seem to understand" the meaning of an independent judiciary.

The Crown called this a deception, asserting that Huawei controlled the operations of Skycom in Iran and held its purse strings. The court, however, dismissed defence arguments that the case hinged on the US sanctions against Iran that Canada had repudiated.

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