1/1 Meng Wanzhou, vice chairman of Huawei Group, tried to avoid the reporter's "flash" and leave the court in a low-key way.
(Reported by Sing Tao Daily) Huawei Group Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's bail case, which has attracted global attention, was released on bail by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canada, yesterday morning, Hong Kong time, after three days of hearing.The bail is as high as 10 million Canadian dollars (approximately 58.35 million Hong Kong dollars), including 7 million cash and a 3 million bond provided by the guarantor, and 16 bail conditions such as wearing electronic shackles.Meng Wanzhou's husband, Liu Xiaozong, and four friends and neighbors with Canadian citizenship served as guarantors.After Meng Wanzhou returned home, she reported her safety on social networking sites, thanked those who cared about her, and said, "Proud of Huawei and the motherland."Yesterday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry once again urged the US and Canadian governments to immediately correct their mistakes and release Meng Wanzhou. The bail hearing was held in the Supreme Court of British Columbia yesterday morning local time. After two days of debate on the bail conditions, Judge Eck announced that considering that Meng Wanzhou has no criminal record and health problems, and has suitableSurety, decided to grant bail.There was thunderous applause from the gallery as the judge announced his verdict.Meng Wanzhou was emotional for a while, turned around and wiped her tears with a tissue, and then nodded and smiled to her husband Liu Xiaozong who was listening. The judge emphasized that the only consideration for granting bail is whether the bail conditions are sufficient to offset the risk of her absconding. I believe that according to the current bail conditions, the risk has been reduced to an acceptable level, and Meng Wanzhou is a well-educated business woman. I believe sheWill not abscond.Regarding Meng Wanzhou's alleged possession of multiple passports, the judge accepted that only one Hong Kong SAR passport and one Chinese passport are valid, and the rest are old passports that have been replaced for reasonable reasons.As for Meng Wanzhou's accusation that she has not set foot in the United States since March 2017 in order to evade criminal prosecution in the United States, the judge believes that this is just "speculation without substantial evidence." Many people have many reasons for not going to the United States. Meng Wanzhou's bail is as high as 10 million Canadian dollars, including 7 million cash surrendered by Meng's mortgaged property, and another 3 million personnel bond is provided by at least five guarantors including her husband Liu Xiaozong.The guarantors include former Huawei employees, Meng's real estate agent and neighbors, four of whom are Canadian citizens. In addition to surrendering a huge amount of bail, Meng Wanzhou must abide by 16 bail conditions, including surrendering all passports. During the bail period, she will be under "semi-house arrest". She is not allowed to leave her apartment in Vancouver from 11pm to 6am.The electronic shackles are subject to 24-hour surveillance by the security company, and all security expenses will be borne by him. He will report to the court again on February 6 next year. On the first of this month, Canada detained Meng Wanzhou at the request of the United States, alleging that she was suspected of concealing Huawei's transactions with Iran through the Hong Kong shell company Skycom and suspected of defrauding financial institutions.The judge pointed out in court that this is an "unusual" case. The US has not yet formally requested Meng Wanzhou's extradition, and extradition has a time limit.If the US does not file an extradition application on January 8 next year, Meng Wanzhou will be released. If the United States does not submit an extradition application on the 8th of next month, he will be released Meng Wanzhou returned home yesterday and left a message on WeChat Moments, saying that she was in Vancouver and had returned to her family. She also said, "I am proud of Huawei and my motherland", thanking those who care about her.Huawei Group issued a statement, expecting the U.S. and Canadian governments to end this incident in a timely and fair manner, and reiterated that Huawei abides by the laws and regulations of the countries where it does business.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang reiterated yesterday that the detention of Meng Wanzhou was a wrong move from the very beginning, and the U.S. and Canadian governments should immediately correct their mistakes and release Meng Wanzhou.
