[Global Times reporter Zhao Jue] On the 26th local time, the hearing on the extradition case of Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei, was held again in the High Court of British Columbia, Canada. This round of hearing is expected to last five days. The focus is whether Canadian and American authorities "abused the procedure" when arresting Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver Airport in December 2018. According to Reuters 26, the Canadian police involved in the arrest of Meng Wanzhou claimed at the hearing that the arrest was in accordance with relevant procedures, while Meng Wanzhou's lawyers believed that her rights had been violated.
It is reported that on the 26th, Canadian federal police officer Winston Ye, who was involved in the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, was questioned at the hearing as the first witness. Winston Ye said that he received the relevant documents the day before the arrest, and "didn't know much about this (case)". According to the original action plan, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) should have boarded the plane to "immediately arrest" Meng Wanzhou according to the arrest warrant issued by the court, but the latter was forcibly detained by the Border Service Agency (CBSA) for 3 hours after landing. Meng Wanzhou's lawyer team believes that during her detention, US government officials instructed RCMP and CBSA officials to conduct fraudulent and improper searches, which violated Meng's basic rights. As for "why not board the plane after landing in Bangladesh", Winston Ye replied that the airport is under the jurisdiction of CBSA, so it was decided that CBSA should perform its duties first. He also said that this procedure was "for safety reasons" and worried about the potential risks to other passengers caused by the arrest on the plane.
In this regard, Huawei's lawyer Parker said that Winston Ye's concern was hypocritical. As a well-trained police, RCMP should be able to arrest Meng Wanzhou on the plane. Parker also stressed that Winston Ye's written records of the day of arrest were "very few", and drew attention to Winston Ye's failure to write down the report of the day in chronological order as required by the Canadian extradition law.
Meng Wanzhou's lawyer team also accused that there was no lawyer to help Meng Wanzhou during the three hours of detention, and her electronic equipment was confiscated. The Canadian authorities "conspired to delay the arrest of Meng and tried to obtain information that would help the US authorities prosecute her for fraud". Winston Ye acknowledged on the 26th that RCMP, at the request of the United States, asked CBSA to detain Meng's equipment and put them into Faraday's bag. This bag can prevent data from being deleted remotely. He added that the request was "part of the process".
It is reported that Meng Wanzhou entered the court on the 26th to participate in the hearing process, but was not questioned.