China News Service, Toronto, July 9 (Reporter Yu Ruidong) The trial judge in the extradition case of Meng Wanzhou, British Columbia High Court, Canada, issued a judgment on July 9 that refused to take the documents obtained by Meng Wanzhou’s defense team from Hong Kong's HSBC Bank Admitted as new evidence.
These documents include e-mails between HSBC and Huawei, internal reports, meeting minutes, and reports on HSBC's internal customer management system.
The Hong Kong court issued an order in mid-April this year to allow Bangladesh to obtain relevant documents from HSBC.
Meng Wanzhou’s defense team believes that these documents can show that the "Case Record" provided by the United States to Canada is false and misleading, and is obviously unreliable in many statements.
The "Case Record" is the basis for the U.S. to submit extradition to Canada.
At the end of June, the court held a two-day debate on whether new evidence should be introduced.
The application submitted by the Bangladeshi side mainly includes several aspects: First, an HSBC executive in charge of Huawei’s business understands all the key facts about the relationship between Huawei and Skycom, and Meng Wanzhou reported to him in August 2013. PPT of the statement made by HSBC.
The executive has issued 4 risk assessment reports for cooperation with Huawei, which led the HSBC Risk Committee to decide to continue to cooperate with Huawei; second, HSBC key witnesses did not pass on page 16 of Meng Wanzhou’s PPT showing the relationship between Huawei and Xingtong To the bank’s risk committee; third, HSBC’s internal customer management system shows that Xingtong is classified under the Huawei Group account; fourth, HSBC’s executives understand that Xingtong’s main business is in Iran, and HSBC also knows that it is Huawei’s Control the bank account of Xingtong's parent company.
The prosecution lawyer believes that these documents have nothing to do with the extradition hearing in Canada at this stage.
The trial judge stated that the specific reasons for the judgment will be issued in writing in the near future.
Huawei Canada issued a statement on the 9th that it respects the court's decision, but regrets the result.
The statement said that although the court refused to introduce new evidence, these documents clearly show that HSBC and its executives are aware of the relationship between Huawei and Starcom and Starcom's business in Iran.
These documents also show that the US "Case Record" and its supplementary records are obviously unreliable.
Huawei Canada reiterated that it will continue to support Meng Wanzhou in seeking justice and freedom.
According to the schedule, the court will enter the final session of the Meng Wanzhou extradition case in early August, and then wait for the judge to decide whether to extradite Meng Wanzhou to the United States.
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