Huawei case: leader Meng Wanzhou leaves Canada, two Canadians released in China – franceinfo

These releases put an end to a judicial saga lasting several years, which had led to a diplomatic crisis between China, Canada and the United States.

Posted the 09/25/2021 9:46 AM

Update the 25/09/2021 11:15

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A three-year politico-judicial saga is coming to an end. The chief financial officer of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, Meng Wanzhou, was able to leave Canada for China under an agreement with the United States on Friday, September 24. The daughter of the boss of Huawei was arrested on December 1, 2018 at the Vancouver airport at the request of Washington, who wanted to try her for bank fraud.

Shortly after, two Canadians, ex-diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor, were arrested in China on charges of espionage. This arrest had caused an unprecedented diplomatic crisis between Ottawa and Beijing. Their detention had been viewed by Canada as a retaliatory measure. The two men boarded a plane on Friday to return home “at home”, announced Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He did not give details of the circumstances of their release, as “it is an operation currently in progress”.

Meng Wanzhou’s departure for China is the fulfillment of an agreement between the Ministry of Justice and the Chinese telecoms juggernaut, made public on Friday by a New York court. During a public hearing, the representative of the Ministry of Justice had proposed to “report” until December 1, 2022, the proceedings against the Chinese national. The agreement also provided for Washington to recommend that Ottawa do so. “to free” and de facto abandons any request for extradition. If it is not disputed or broken by Dec. 1, 2022, the lawsuits will be permanently dropped, according to Washington.

The American justice accused the number 2 of Huawei of having lied to an HSBC bank executive during a meeting in Hong Kong in 2013, about the links between the Chinese group and a subsidiary called Skycom which sold equipment to the Iran, exposing the establishment to US sanctions. Under the terms of the agreement, Meng Wanzhou admitted that she had done at the time “false statements” and “concealed the truth” to the HSBC framework on “Huawei’s activities in Iran”.

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