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Michael Spavor ‘very happy’ to be reunited with family

2Oct

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Michael Spavor ‘very happy’ to be reunited with family

Michael Spavor was convicted in China of spying, spent three years in prison in China, and after the release of Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer, Michael Spavor was also released and returned to Canada. In his first public statement after returning to Canada, Michael Spavor said he was "very happy" to be reunited with his family. In a statement, Spavor thanked Canadians for the expressions of support he received. cbc.ca "I am humbled, thank you, as I begin to understand the continued support we have received from Canadians and around the world. I appreciate being outside and the simple things around me," he said in a statement released via Global Affairs.

27Sep

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Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou Leaves Canada

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou left Canada on a flight to China on Friday afternoon. Reaching an agreement to end the US accusations against him, Meng set off on a charter Air China flight to Shenzhen, where Huawei's headquarters is located. Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou admitted that, pursuant to an agreement with federal prosecutors, he misled HSBC Holdings Plc about the telecom company's business with Iran in violation of US sanctions against the country. Meng will not face further prosecution and could see the charges against him dismissed by December 2022 if he complies with the terms of the agreement. Pro-Meng supporters gathered outside the court in Vancouver on Friday to shout "Not Guilty!" After the trial, Meng gave his colleagues a big hug as he left the courtroom to applause. Someone l...

Huawei, Meng Wanzhou Canada extradition hearing ends

23Aug

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Huawei, Meng Wanzhou Canada extradition hearing ends

Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's fight in a Canadian court against extradition to the United States to face fraud and conspiracy charges wrapped up on Wednesday after nearly 1,000 days of legal wranglings and diplomatic brawls. The daughter of company founder and CEO, Ren Zhengfei, is accused of defrauding HSBC Bank by falsely misrepresenting links between Huawei and Skycom, a subsidiary that sold telecoms equipment to Iran, putting the bank at risk of violating US sanctions against Tehran, as it continued to clear US dollar transactions for Huawei. Supreme Court of British Columbia Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes said she will on October 21 likely set a date to deliver her ruling. If transferred to the United States for trial and subsequently convicted, Meng could f...

Denounce US misconduct and set Meng Wanzhou free

4Aug

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Denounce US misconduct and set Meng Wanzhou free

Denounce US misconduct and set Meng Wanzhou free, lawyer for Huawei executive tells judge in final phase of extradition case.The US has tried to mislead the Canadian court about its fraud case against Meng, and the only remedy is a stay of proceedings, her lawyer says. The last stages of Meng’s extradition case have begun almost 1,000 days after her arrest at Vancouver’s airport US authorities’ attempts to mislead in the extradition case of Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou “must be denounced” by halting the entire process, thus setting her free, her lawyer said, as the final scheduled hearings in the marathon case began in a Canadian court on Wednesday. Meng’s lawyer Mona Duckett said her client’s mistreatment by the US – namely, the filing of a misleading record of the fra...

Huawei Technologies’ finance manager Meng Wanzhou latest situation

31Mar

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Huawei Technologies’ finance manager Meng Wanzhou latest situation

Huawei Technologies' chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou's lawyers argued Monday that allegations of conspiracy and fraud against the United States are only "China's concern" and not related to the United States. They said that extraditing Meng from Canada would undermine China's sovereignty in international law. Defense attorney Gib van Ert, referring to allegations that Meng lied to the HSBC bank in a 2013 presentation about the activities of a Huawei subsidiary in Iran - the basis for the US prosecution and extradition request - said the meeting was held in China and should not concern the United. States or Canada. "If any law was broken that day, this is the concern of China where things happened," van Ert, a new member of Meng's legal team, told a Canadian court. "What ha...

Huawei manager Meng Wanzhou extradition war continues

1Mar

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Huawei manager Meng Wanzhou extradition war continues

The court of Huawei Technologies manager Meng Wanzhou, daughter of Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei, which has been around for more than two years, is entering its final phase on Monday. Meng Wanzhou was arrested, alleging that the Huawei subsidiary had violated its sanctions against Iran due to its business activities. As the court proceeds into its final months, Meng's defense attorneys are ready to argue that violations by Canada and the United States deny him his right to a fair process. Meng and Huawei deny the accusations. Former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor are two Canadian citizens still imprisoned in China. Days after Meng was arrested during a Vancouver break in December 2018, and Beijing threatened Canada with serious consequences for his "unre...

Trump allegedly intervened in Meng Wanzhou’s extradition case

19Feb

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Trump allegedly intervened in Meng Wanzhou’s extradition case

The Canadian attorney general said the allegations of former US President Donald Trump's involvement in the extradition case of Huawei finance manager Meng Wanzhou are irrelevant as he is no longer on duty. Meng is accused of bank fraud in the US for misleading HSBC about Huawei's trade deals in Iran, causing the bank to violate US sanctions. In an interview with Reuters 10 days after Meng's arrest, Trump said that he would intervene in the Justice Department's lawsuit against Meng if it serves national security interests or helps conclude a trade agreement with China. Meng's lawyers argued that Trump's statements jeopardized the fairness of the extradition proceedings. Canadian lawyers said such a debate was "controversial" in documents submitted ahead of the hearings scheduled for ...