What happened to Huawei's four point statement? What did Huawei say in its four point statement? At 10 a.m. local time on May 8, Ms. Meng Wanzhou, a senior executive of China's Huawei Company, who was detained by Canada at the request of the U.S. government, came to the Canadian court again. On the one hand, she proposed three defense matters for the U.S. extradition of her, and on the other hand, she determined with the court the time for subsequent court proceedings.
This hearing is only to determine the schedule of the next trial, and will not decide whether to extradite or not. The court finally approved Meng Wanzhou's application for moving to shaugnessy. Meanwhile, it stipulated that the hearing of relevant information disclosure would be held from September 23 to October 4. The judge asked Meng Wanzhou to appear in court at 10 am on September 23.
Huawei's statement is as follows:
Huawei has always believed that Ms. Meng is innocent. We believe that the US order for Ms. Meng's arrest is an illegal abuse of procedures, driven by political factors, rather than out of consideration of the rule of law.
Ms. Meng's lawyer disclosed three important issues in court today:
First, the criminal case against Ms. Meng is totally based on false charges. Lawyers clearly pointed out in court today that Ms. Meng's behavior is open and transparent, and the bank staff are fully aware of the actual situation of the relevant issues. Ms. Meng's statement of PPT is not misleading. The bank understands the nature of skycom's business and operation in Iran, as well as the relationship between Huawei and skycom. Therefore, there is no evidence to prove Ms. Meng's behavior of 'cheating, dishonesty or other improper means', and the bank does not face the risk of being deprived of interests because of Ms. Meng's statement.
Second, the actions taken by the relevant Canadian departments with the participation of the FBI have caused repeated and serious violations of Ms. Meng's rights under the Canadian Charter of rights and freedoms. Evidence released by the Canadian Department of justice shows that the arrest of Ms. Meng was coordinated by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Canadian Border Service and the US FBI. The RCMP deliberately delayed the production of the arrest warrant and illegally detained and searched Ms. Meng in the name of 'routine immigration inspection'. In addition, they searched Ms. Meng's luggage and seized her mobile phone and other electronic devices according to the instructions of the FBI, forcing her to hand in her password. More key evidence on this case is still in the hands of RCMP, CBS and the Department of justice. Ms. Meng will apply to the court for further disclosure of relevant evidence.
Thirdly, the arrest of Ms. Meng violates the core principle of the extradition treaty between the United States and Canada and the core principle of the extradition act of Canada - the principle of double criminality. The U.S. accusation against Ms. Meng is based on the U.S. sanctions against Iran, but Canada has no financial sanctions against Iran at present, so the accusation against Ms. Meng does not constitute a crime in Canada. The request for extradition does not meet the requirements of dual crime.
In addition, lawyers believe that the political factors in the process of extradition procedure will lead to serious damage to justice, and will also infringe Ms. Meng's legitimate rights. Ms. Meng will apply to the court to stop the extradition process accordingly.
Canada is a country that respects the rule of law and the Canadian Charter of rights and freedoms. We believe that law enforcement officials should abide by the rule of law at all times and under all circumstances and treat all people equally, including Canadian citizens and visitors.
We believe in Canada's judicial system, and we look forward to Ms. Meng's freedom as soon as possible.
A Canadian reporter also reported that Meng Wanzhou's lawyer team hoped that the court would give the defense more time to prepare, and that the US side had prepared for several years to charge Meng Wanzhou, and the defense should also be given enough time.
Therefore, the Canadian court has decided to start processing Meng Wanzhou's lawyer team's applications for these defenses from September 23 to October 4 this year, and some court proceedings may be held in mid January next year. In other words, Meng Wanzhou's next appearance in court will be more than four months later.
In addition, the court also agreed to Meng Wanzhou's party's amendment to the conditions of bail, that is, allowing her to move to an address with better security measures and more space.
Finally, after CBC, Canada's largest mainstream media, reported the three defense messages put forward by Meng Wanzhou, a Canadian netizen with the most praise left a message like this: when the United States infringed Canada's sovereignty and claimed that Canada's Northwest Passage was an international waters, it imposed high tariffs on Canada while asking us to punish them Why do we need to help the Americans in such a tough case?