Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou arrives at court in Vancouver last September. Photo: Reuters

Meng Wanzhou: judge rejects media request to broadcast Huawei executive’s extradition hearing

A consortium of media, including the South China Morning Post, had applied to have video cameras at next week’s hearing in Vancouver
But a judge said a broadcast could affect impartiality of witnesses and jurors in a potential US trial

Topic | Meng Wanzhou

Ian Young in Vancouver

Published: 1:43pm, 14 Jan, 2020

Updated: 9:44am, 15 Jan, 2020

Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou arrives at court in Vancouver last September. Photo: Reuters

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Ian Young

Ian Young is the Post's Vancouver correspondent. A journalist for more than 20 years, he worked for Australian newspapers and the London Evening Standard before arriving in Hong Kong in 1997. There he won or shared awards for excellence in investigative reporting and human rights reporting, and the HK News Awards Scoop of the Year. He moved to Canada with his wife in 2010.