Canada judge releases video of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou being searched at Vancouver airport before arrest
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A Canadian judge has ordered the release of exhibits and documents filed by Meng Wanzhou’s lawyers as part of her extradition case, including video that shows border officers searching the Huawei executive’s bags at Vancouver International Airport on December 1, the day of her arrest.
Madam Justice Heather Holmes made the decision during a brief hearing at the British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver on Tuesday, after Meng’s lawyers said that the high level of interest in the case demanded “maximum transparency”.
In the video, Meng, dressed in a dark hoodie and white trainers after arriving from Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific flight 838 at 11.30am, is seen being led through airport security areas by two female officers, then presenting herself to two male border officers.
They search her hand baggage, then two airport trolleys full of her luggage.
About three hours later, Meng was arrested by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers, a moment that was not seen on the video.