Huawei CFO to question Canadian police in extradition case

The Canadian police officer who arrested Huawei Technologies Co. Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou at the behest of the US provided a glimpse Monday into a 36-hour sequence of events that set off an unprecedented diplomatic crisis with China.

Winston Yep, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable who obtained a provisional arrest warrant for Meng, told a British Columbia judge Monday that border agents had wanted to question her, and since they had jurisdiction at the airport, police held back.

“We let them do their job,” he said.

Since her arrest at Vancouver’s airport almost two years ago, Meng — the eldest daughter of Huawei’s billionaire founder Ren Zhengfei — has become the highest profile target of a broader US offensive against China’s largest technology company.