Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou’s extradition hearing in Canada comes to a close

VANCOUVER: Canadian prosecutors said the defense of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou failed on facts and law, as hearings in their bid to extradite her to the United States finished.

The Chinese tech-giant executive will now await the judge’s ruling in her case, the date for which will be set on Oct. 21.

Meng Wanzhou, 49, was arrested at Vancouver International Airport in December 2018 on a warrant from the United States, charging her with fraud for allegedly misleading HSBC about Huawei’s business dealings in Iran.

She has claimed innocence and is fighting the extradition, confined to Vancouver and monitored 24/7 by private security that she pays for as part of her bail agreement.