Huawei executive in Canada court, bids to quash extradition

Vancouver: Top Chinese telecom executive Meng Wanzhou and her lawyers headed to court on Monday to try to have her extradition case thrown out, arguing that her rights were violated.

The 47-year-old Huawei chief financial officer was detained during a stopover at the Vancouver airport last December on a US warrant.

The arrest of Meng — a rising star whose father Ren Zhengfei founded Huawei and over three decades grew it into a global telecom giant — caused an unprecedented diplomatic rift between Canada and China.