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US Will Seek Extradition of Huawei CFO From Canada (reuters.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it will pursue the extradition of the chief financial officer of China's Huawei, arrested in Canada in December. The United States has accused Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou of misrepresenting the company's links to a firm that tried to sell equipment to Iran despite U.S. sanctions. The arrest soured relations between Canada and China, with China subsequently detaining two Canadian citizens and sentencing a third to death. The United States must file a formal request for extradition by Jan. 30. Once a formal request is received, a Canadian court has 30 days to determine whether there is enough evidence to support extradition and the Canadian minister of justice must issue a formal order. Canada has not asked the United States to abandon its bid to have Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou extradited, Canada's Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said in an interview with Bloomberg TV. "We will continue to pursue the extradition of defendant Ms. Meng Wanzhou, and will meet all deadlines set by the U.S./Canada Extradition Treaty," Justice Department spokesman Marc Raimondi said in a statement. "We greatly appreciate Canada's continuing support of our mutual efforts to enforce the rule of law."
Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a separate report from the BBC: The chairman of Chinese tech giant Huawei has warned his company could shift away from the U.S. and the U.K. if it continues to face restrictions. Huawei has been under scrutiny by Western governments, which fear its products could be used for spying. Speaking at the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Mr Liang Hua said his firm might transfer technology to countries "where we are welcomed." Huawei makes smartphones but is also a world leader in telecoms infrastructure, in particular the next generation of mobile phone networks, known as 5G.
Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a separate report from the BBC: The chairman of Chinese tech giant Huawei has warned his company could shift away from the U.S. and the U.K. if it continues to face restrictions. Huawei has been under scrutiny by Western governments, which fear its products could be used for spying. Speaking at the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Mr Liang Hua said his firm might transfer technology to countries "where we are welcomed." Huawei makes smartphones but is also a world leader in telecoms infrastructure, in particular the next generation of mobile phone networks, known as 5G.
Huawei is owned by the Chinese government and is credibly accused of spying. If they don't want to do business with the US and thus are able to ignore our laws, that's one thing. To walk through US jurisdiction knowing you're wanted?
Leads to your ass getting arrested, extradited to face charges, charged, tried in a court with legal representation and rights, and then either let go on the merits or imprisoned on the merits. It's nothing like China's kangaroo courts.
You should spend a few years in a Chinese prison on bogus charges so you have some actual perspective between the two systems, moron.
You can whine, snivel, cry out, lie, but you will not change the fact that the Chinese Communist Party OWNS AND CONTROLS HUAWEI, and Huawei feeds Chinese intel with their spying operations. Huawei = Chinese govt. spyware.
We know you love ramen and anime and all that shit, this has nothing to do with it. Go catch pokemons, nobody cares. This is about Huawei being caught in frauds, and officers of that company facing trial for it. Period.