Huawei finance chief faces setback in fight against US extradition
by Staff and agencies in Vancouver from Technology | The Guardian on (#5M1SP)
Vancouver judge denies bid by Meng Wanzhou to add over 300 HSBC documents to her legal battle
A Canadian judge has denied an application by Meng Wanzhou, the Huawei chief financial officer, to add documents her legal team received from HSBC as evidence to her US extradition case, the judge announced on Friday.
Meng, 49, is facing extradition from Canada to the US on charges of bank fraud for allegedly misleading HSBC about Huawei's business dealings in Iran, potentially causing the bank to break US sanctions. She has been held under house arrest in Vancouver since December 2018, when she was first detained.
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