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Huawei Technologies chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou was dealt a setback by a Canadian court on Wednesday as she tries to avoid extradition to the US to face bank fraud charges.
Today’s ruling in Canada is only the opening salvo in a very long process … we are confident that ultimately justice will be done
But British Columbia’s superior court associate chief justice Heather Holmes disagreed, ruling the legal standard of double criminality had been met.
“Ms Meng’s approach … would seriously limit Canada’s ability to fulfil its international obligations in the extradition context for fraud and other economic crimes,” Holmes said.
“Today’s ruling in Canada is only the opening salvo in a very long process … we are confident that ultimately justice will be done,” Weingarten said.
Shortly after Meng’s arrest, Beijing detained two Canadians on national security charges and halted imports of canola seed
The Chinese embassy in Ottawa did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
