The first round of Meng Wanzhou's extradition case began on January 20th, and the audit expectations were expected to be five days. It is expected that there will be no judgment immediately.Local media predicted that the court may take several months to make a decision.(Reuters)
(Vancouver Comprehensive Electric) The extradition case of Meng Wanzhou, the director of China, China, was tried in Vancouver, Canada. This is an important step to determine whether Meng Wanzhou will be extradited to the United States.
Like the previous trial, this round of interrogation was held in the British Columbia Provincial Court of Vancouver.The interrogation starts at 10 am on the 20th local time (2 am on the 21st on the 21st), and it will be on January 24 for five days.
The 47 -year -old Meng Wanzhou attended the first day of the interrogation. She did not respond in person, but only defended by the lawyer.
The focus of the interrogation is double crimes; according to the Canadian extradition law and the United States and Canada extradition agreement, the crime of extradition people must be identified by the two countries as criminal acts at the same time, and the extradition conditions are met, the so -called dual crimes.
Meng Wanzhou's lawyer team said that Canada did not impose sanctions on Iran like the United States, so the United States' allegations and charges of Meng Wanzhou were not established in Canada, and they did not constitute double crimes.
The United States insisted that Meng Wanzhou had committed financial fraud, which were criminal in the United States and Canada.The United States accused Meng Wanzhou using Hong Kong subsidiaries Skycom and Iran to conduct business exchanges, and scammed HSBC to conceal the true relationship between Huawei and Skycom.
The lawyer of the defense said that the United States will be packaged in violation of sanctions to make financial fraud against banks in order to be more likely to achieve the purpose of extradition, and the United States is actually to implement sanctions on Iran.
The lawyer also proposed that in order to constitute a crime of fraud, HSBC must have the risk of economic loss, but the important component of this damage risk is lacking.
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs once again attacked the United States and Canada's abuse of bilateral extradition treaties
In December 2018, Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver Airport at Vancouver Airport in December 2018, and the United States requested to extradite her.In the next trial, Meng Wanzhou's defense team will question the process of the arrest of Meng Wanzhou's arrest.
The New York Times reported that if the judge ruled that the case did not meet the requirements of dual crimes, Meng Wanzhou could be released innocently.However, it is reported that Meng Wanzhou is very likely to be extradited.If she loses, she can appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, and this process may last for several years.
However, some people have different views.Kurland, a Canadian federal policy and legal expert, told Reuters that Canada has not stood on the feet that the Canada has not imposed sanctions on Iran and could not even commit double crimes.
The Chinese government determined that this was a serious political event together.At a regular press conference on the 20th, Chinese diplomatic spokesman Geng Shuang once again attacked the United States and Canada's abuse of bilateral extradition treaties and asked Canada to release Meng Wanzhou early.
