US case against Huawei's Meng Wanzhou is 'fiction', say lawyers
by Agence France-Presse from Technology | The Guardian on (#4Y6J2)
Extradition hearing begins in Canada as defence team rejects allegations that executive tried to get around Iran sanctions
The accusations of sanctions busting against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou have been dismissed by her lawyers as "fiction" at the start of a legal hearing in Canada in which she is fighting extradition to the United States.
Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of the technology conglomerate, and eldest daughter of its founder Ren Zhengfei, is wanted by US authorities for alleged fraud in trying to circumvent Washington's sanctions against Iran.
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