Huawei Technologies CFO Meng Wanzhou leaves her house on her way to a court appearance on the first day of her extradition trial in Vancouver, Canada, January 20 2020. Picture: Picture: JEFF VINNICK/GETTY IMAGES
Court proceedings show the US issued the arrest warrant, which Canada acted on in December 2018, because it believes Meng covered up attempts by Huawei-linked companies to sell equipment to Iran, breaking US sanctions against the country. “As this case is actively before the courts, it would not be appropriate for the minister to comment,” Rachel Rappaport, a spokesperson for federal justice minister David Lametti, said on Monday.The first phase of the trial will last at least four days, but legal experts have said it could be years before a final decision is reached in the case, since Canada’s slow-moving justice system allows many decisions to be appealed.
Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s foreign minister at the time, quickly warned Washington not to politicise extradition cases.
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