Canadian prosecutor told a packed court in Vancouver on Friday that Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, defrauded US banks in 2013, and should not be granted bail because of extreme flight risk.
Meng Wanzhou to remain in custody in Vancouver pending bail decision on Monday.
More than 100 Western academics and former diplomats urged Beijing to release two Canadians detained last month, warning that the detentions during a diplomatic row with Canada will heighten distrust of China. The open letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping, released Monday, criticized the detentions of researcher Michael Kovrig and entrepreneur Michael Spavor, which it […]
