A lawyer for Meng Wanzhou, the executive from Chinese telecoms group Huawei who is fighting extradition to the US, has told a Vancouver court that Canadian law enforcement officials engaged in a “covert criminal investigation” on behalf of the US during her interrogation and arrest last year.
Richard Peck made the comments in the Supreme Court of British Columbia where Ms Meng’s legal team is seeking to use extensive documentary evidence that they hope will aid their attempt to scuttle the extradition.
Ms Meng, the chief financial officer of Huawei, has been held under house arrest after being detained in Vancouver airport in December, in a case that has strained relations between Canada and China.