Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei’s daughter and vice chairman Meng Wanzhou filed a lawsuit against HSBC in the Hong Kong High Court in February, demanding that HSBC hand over internal documents showing Huawei’s relationship with Starcom and Canicula Holdings Ltd for use in Meng’s extradition hearing to the United States. The case was handled in closed session before Judge Chen Jingfen of the High Court last month, and the latest judicial website shows that Meng’s HSBC case will be heard again at 10 a.m. on April 12 (Monday) and will be turned into a public hearing, estimated to take one day.
The case of Meng Wanzhou’s request for disclosure of documents by HSBC was postponed to April 12 for re-interrogation. According to the Hong Kong Economic Times today quoted HSBC said: “inconvenient to comment. A spokesman for HSBC reiterated in a response to an inquiry last month that the case was still in legal proceedings and was therefore not available for comment.
According to the report, the plaintiff, Meng Wanzhou, and the respondent, The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, have asked the court to order that the plaintiff be allowed to use the information obtained in the extradition hearing initiated by the U.S. government, and that the plaintiff will pay all reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the incident. The plaintiff will make full punitive damages to the respondent.
According to a previous report in the Hong Kong Economic Times, the South China Morning Post quoted sources as saying that Huawei is considering all possible options against HSBC Holdings, including suing HSBC for allegedly providing “misleading evidence” that led to the arrest of its chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou in Canada. Reports indicate that Huawei’s internal discussions are still at a preliminary stage and that the group has decided to explore all evidence and remedies against HSBC. If Huawei decides to sue HSBC, it means Huawei’s legal battlefront will expand.
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