Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co. (centre), exits Supreme Court after a hearing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Friday. Meng’s request to loosen the bail terms set during her release from jail in 2018 has been rejected, a Canadian judge ruled on Friday, as she fights a US extradition case. Photo: Bloomberg
Judge refuses to remove Meng Wanzhou’s security guards, who are tasked with preventing her escape
- Meng’s lawyers had argued that the guards put her at risk of catching Covid-19
- She wanted to roam Vancouver unaccompanied, but the request was denied by a judge who called her current restrictions the minimum needed to prevent her escape
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Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co. (centre), exits Supreme Court after a hearing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Friday. Meng’s request to loosen the bail terms set during her release from jail in 2018 has been rejected, a Canadian judge ruled on Friday, as she fights a US extradition case. Photo: Bloomberg