Wednesday (May 27, May 27), local time of British Columbia Province, Canada's British Columbia Province, will make a key ruling on whether Huawei's chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou constitutes a double crime.If the crime is established, Meng Wanzhou will face a lawsuit that extradies to the United States later this year. If the crime is not established, she will be detained in Canada for 543 days.The itinerary.
According to media reports such as the South China Morning Post and France and Guang, Canadian law stipulates that the allegations that the extradition and being extradited must not only violate the law of extradition, but also must also constitute a crime in Canada.
The hearing on January 20 this year will focus on whether Meng Wanzhou's illegal to whether she is illegal to her constitutes a double crime. Meng Wanzhou's lawyer argued that the U.S. economic sanctions on Iran have not been implemented in Canada.Canada is harmless.The Canadian prosecutor on behalf of the United States emphasized that Meng Wanzhou involved bank fraud and also violated Canadian laws, so it complies with the definition of dual crimes.
On December 1, 2018, Meng Wanzhou was arrested by the Royal Canadian Royal Mading Police on the way to Argentina's meeting from Hong Kong to Argentina.Later, he was placed under house arrest in Vancouver waiting for extradition hearing procedures.
In May 2019, Meng Wanzhou was allowed to move into her most expensive Sandas Street, Matthews Street, Matthews Street, Matthews Street, Matthews Street, the most expensive reason for security reasons.to date.
Meng Wanzhou left his residence in the mansion of Vancouver on September 23 last year.It is close to the United States and the Chinese Consulate General in Vancouver.
Shortly after Meng Wanzhou was arrested, China also arrested two Canadian citizens in the territory for arrested Kang Mingkai and Michael, which was suspected of hazarding China's national security activities.
Tomorrow's ruling will bring the biggest variable to the Meng Wanzhou extradition case so far, attracting great interest in global media.
Case 1: Double crimes are not established
If the court ruled that Meng Wanzhou did not constitute a double crime, it meant that she could get freedom and return to China freely on the same day, ending under house arrest for 17 months.
The Broadcasting Corporation of Canada said that this may marked the attempt of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to the United States. The Supreme Court of British Columbia will be to the Canadian government, the Canadian border service border and the US Department of Justice two hours before the news of the news was released to the public.Report the ruling results.However, if the prosecution decides to appeal, it will try to make Meng Wanzhou unable to leave.
The Kaotong News Agency pointed out that the decision to make a new round of lawsuits by ruling Meng Wanzhou's dual crime may cause a new round of lawsuits, including whether Meng Wanzhou was arrested illegally at Vancouver Airport.
The Voice of America quoted the Canadian immigrant lawyer Richard Kurland in April, saying that if the case judgment is beneficial to Meng Wanzhou, it is a race to the airport.Can she board the plane and leave Canada before the prosecutor's appeal?Maybe, maybe not.If the government really appealed, and Meng Wanzhou is not in Canada, it is very difficult to catch her back.
Case 2: Double crime is established
If Meng Wanzhou was ruled to form a double crime, her team of lawyers would continue to appeal, hindering that she was extradited to the United States.
The reasons for the lawyer's continued appeal will include that the case is political intervention.As long as Meng Wanzhou was arrested, US President Trump said that if he could reach a better trade agreement with China, he would intervene in the case.
Meng Wanzhou's team can also argue that officials in Canada's Immigration Department violated her rights while searching Meng Wanzhou's luggage at Vancouver Airport, concealing her the truth of the police arrest.
In addition, the Canadian television CTV also pointed out that if the judge ruled that she extradition, whether to go to the United States would be decided by the Canadian judicial minister.
It is reported that before the ruling tomorrow, the Canadian court has already scheduled the trial of the next trial until October this year.The appeal process of any party may last for several years.
Affected by the epidemic, Meng Wanzhou may not have to appear in court
Regardless of the results, the court ruling on the 27th will be very different from the crowded in the January hearing, because the crown disease epidemic has changed all aspects of Canadian life in the past two months, and the court trial will also be affected.In order to maintain the security social distance prescribed by British Columbia Province, only 27 media representatives could enter the court, and the ruling results will be published on the court website later.As for whether Meng Wanzhou appeared in court to hear the ruling, the court said that if the lawyer thought it was unnecessary, she would appear in court in the form of a telephone.
The Meng Wanzhou case has always been regarded as a test of the Canadian independent judicial system.Canada always emphasizes its own judicial independence. On May 21, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau replied to a reporter about the Meng Wanzhou case that China does not seem to understand Canada's judicial independence.Politicians' interference or control of hellip; hellip; China's situation is different, and it seems that we do not understand that we do have independent judicial institutions that are not subject to political intervention.
On May 15th, the Chinese ambassador Cong Peiwu blamed Meng Wanzhou at the beginning of Global Television Canada in an interview with Canada. He asked Canada to make Meng Wanzhou go back to China smoothly and safely, and emphasized that this is the current difficulty in China -Canada relations.The crux of the symptoms.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian also said on the 26th that China ’s position on the Meng Wanzhou incident is consistent and clear.The United States and Canada abuse their bilateral extradition treaties and take compulsory measures on Chinese citizens to seriously violate the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens. This is a serious political event.
