On March 22, Meng appeared in the Supreme Court of Canada for a hearing.
Meng’s extradition case was heard again in the Supreme Court of Canada in British Columbia, and the judge again rejected the new evidence that Meng’s legal team wanted to submit, saying that the evidence was not relevant to the extradition hearing. This is the third Time that Meng’s legal team has been rejected for submitting new evidence.
On March 22, Meng Wanzhou, the eldest daughter of huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, suffered another setback in a court hearing. Her legal team’s request to admit an affidavit from Huawei’s accountant into evidence was rejected by Deputy Chief Justice Heather Holmes.
The judge said the “evidence” was not relevant to Meng’s extradition hearing.
This is the third time Meng’s legal team has been denied a request to submit new evidence, and in hearings last week and in February, Meng’s legal team asked the court to accept testimony from Huawei employees as evidence, but was denied all three times.
On the 22nd, the Canadian prosecutor’s lawyers and Meng’s legal team made further statements in court about whether the Canadian police and border authorities “abused their process” in arresting Meng at Vancouver Airport.
Canadian prosecution lawyer Robert Frater said the Canadian Mounted Police and CBP officials did nothing wrong, denying the conspiracy theory put forward by Meng’s legal team.
Frater said Meng’s lawyers failed to prove that there was a so-called “cross-border conspiracy” between U.S. and Canadian authorities to illegally investigate Meng upon her arrival in Vancouver in order to violate her rights.
As Meng’s extradition trial continues, the Chinese Communist Party is holding separate closed-door hearings for the two arrested Canadian citizens, but has not disclosed when the verdicts will be handed down.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded angrily to the closed-door trial on March 19, calling it “totally unacceptable.
Diplomats from nearly 30 countries showed solidarity outside the courtroom and expressed their displeasure at the lack of transparency in the trial of former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig, which took place behind closed doors in Beijing on March 22.
It is widely believed that the Chinese Communist Party’s move is an apparent retaliation for Canada’s arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou under an extradition order from the U.S. The two Canadians have been held in Communist cells for more than two years and have been subjected to inhumane treatment. Meng, on the other hand, is enjoying the superiority of the democratic system in Canada, spending the interrogation period in her own mansion.
Meng’s extradition case is now in its final stages, and the full case is expected to be closed in May if Meng’s legal team does not file another appeal.
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