Strongly urge US to immediately drop extradition request for Huawei's Meng Wanzhou: China
China urges US to drop Huawei CFO extradition
After reports emerged that the US may formally extradite Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou from Canada, the Chinese foreign ministry said it is an abuse of extradition treaties between the United States and Canada and a serious violation of Chinese citizen's safety and legitimate rights and interests.
"China has strongly urged Canada to immediately release Ms Meng, and earnestly guarantee her justified and legitimate rights," China's foreign ministry spokesman Hua Chunying said.
Meng, 46, who is the daughter of the founder Ren Zhengfei, was arrested and then released on bail last month by a Canadian court after the United States accused the Huawei top executive of misleading multinational banks about Iran-linked transactions thereby working against US sanctions.
Meng denied the charge as she was released subject to guarantee of $7.5 million and barred from leaving the country. The development angered Chinese authorities threatenedsevere consequences if Meng was extradited to the US.
Meng has beenput under electronic surveillance in a luxury home in Vancouver awaiting action from the US administration.
"China has also strongly urged the United States to immediately correct its mistake, repeal its warrant of arrest for Meng Wanzhou and drop the extradition request to Canada," the foreign ministry spokesman said.
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Meng was detained on December 1st as she was changing planes in Vancouver airport.
Relations between Canada and China have hit rock bottom ever since the Meng incident unfolded with Chinese authorities detaining ex-diplomat Michael Kovrig and China-based business consultant Michael Spavor for harming "national security".
As relations deteriorated, China announced death sentence for Canadian national Robert Schellenberg for smuggling methamphetamines even as Canada denounced the move.