Huawei asks if Canada border agent had grounds to issue CFO’s warrant

VANCOUVER (Reuters) – A border official who took part in interrogating Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou testified on Friday he did not have reasonable grounds to believe she should have been denied entry to Canada but that he felt the border agency’s warrant to detain her was still justified.

Huawei lawyers are seeking to prove in a Canadian court that the investigation by Canada’s border agency two years ago at Vancouver International Airport resulted in abuse of process that should get her extradition to the United States thrown out.

Prosecutors and witnesses from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have countered that Meng’s investigation and arrest followed usual procedures.