A courtroom artist’s sketch of Huawei CFO Sabrina Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested on an extradition warrant, at her British Columbia Supreme Court bail hearing in Vancouver, Canada, on Thursday. Image: Jane Wolsak/Reuters, edit by SCMP
Huawei CFO Sabrina Meng Wanzhou fraudulently represented company to skirt US and EU sanctions on Iran, court told in bail hearing
- Chinese telecoms giant used unofficial subsidiary to deal with Iran and Meng deliberately misrepresented the two companies as wholly separate, court heard
- She faces multiple charges, each with a sentence of up to 30 years in prison, so is a flight risk, a Canadian lawyer said. The hearing will continue on Monday
A courtroom artist’s sketch of Huawei CFO Sabrina Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested on an extradition warrant, at her British Columbia Supreme Court bail hearing in Vancouver, Canada, on Thursday. Image: Jane Wolsak/Reuters, edit by SCMP