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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.
So, you're on the "give away rule of law because of blackmail" team?
Yeah, don't expect anybody to listen for very long.
Huawei is not owned by the Chinese govt. Its owner served in the military so did a bunch of founders of American companies including McDonalds, IBM and AT&T.
Huawei has got research grants from the Chinese equivalent of NSF so has Facebook, Google , Cisco and Apple.
Further there have been no cases of Huawei equipment being used to spy whereas we know for a fact that CISCO backdoors have been used to spy on Angela Merkel.
Given these facts it is pretty clear that the opposition to Huawei equipment is not because the Chinese wll use it to spy and rather that it makes it more difficult for the NSA to spy. They may actually have to earn their Govt. salaries and we know that is anathema to Govt. Servants like the NSA and the CIA. They would much rather use backdoors (which CISCO cannot refuse to put in under US law)
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So far the US hasn't given the Canadian legal system a detailed reason why, along with evidence, they want us to extradite Meng Wanzhou. The first part of the process is to prevent the person from leaving the country, which has been done.
We are waiting for the US to file the proper documentation with the specific charges and evidence so that our judicial system can make the decision if she can be extradited according to our treaty and if she is that she won't face any punishment that deprives her of her human rights (torture, capital punishment, etc).
This being a politically motivated move the US is waiting until the last moment to file the paperwork. They don't care about the fallout this is having on Canada. Trump probably sees that as an extra bonus.
Sorry but the US came into WW1 in 1917. Late just like they were for WW2.
Yet again the US is applying it's laws to conduct happening on foreign soil.
No they aren't. She isn't charged with her company violating the US's sanctions against Iran -- she's charged with lying to a potential investor while on US soil by misrepresenting her companies business with Iran.
That's fraud, and it was committed while she was in the US. You don't get a free pass from prosecution just because you leave the country after committing a crime there. And this wasn't a surprise to her -- she was apprehended in Vancouver while on her way to Mexico, having booked travel to specifically bypass travel through the US, knowing she was going to be arrested if she set foot in the country. What she didn't expect was that the US was ready with an extradition request when she landed in Canada.
The US is applying their laws in this case against conduct that happened on their own soil. Should they have sufficient evidence of the crime she's actually accused of (fraud), then there is no reason why they shouldn't be applying their laws in this case.
Yaz
Yeah she may have technically lied to say that her company was no longer doing business with Iran. However business leaders lie all the time- AT&T , Microsoft and CISCO have been found to be lying about not providing backdoors to the NSA. None of their CEOs are being charged with fraud. Fact of the matter is that the lie is forced by an illegal sanctions regime. Its like prosecuting the guy who smuggles people out of North Korea with Human Trafficking. Technically correct but totally bullshit. This is a totally political case. Plus Canada does not have sanctions on Iran so its still not a crime in Canada so extradition doesnt apply. All Huawei needs to do to make this case go away is add backdoors for the NSA.
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