Seeking bail, Huawei CFO Sabrina Meng Wanzhou offers to pay for her own guards
- Meng, held in prison since her December 1 arrest, faces extradition to the US on fraud charges concerning the breach of sanctions against sales to Iran
- The hearing adjourned on Monday without a decision
The Canadian bail proceedings for Huawei Technologies chief financial officer Sabrina Meng Wanzhou resumed in British Columbia's Supreme Court on Monday, with her defence team proposing the use of a private security detail to prevent her from fleeing, pending an extradition hearing.
The US seeks her extradition to face multiple fraud charges relating to alleged breaches of US and EU sanctions against Iran, each carrying a maximum sentence of 30 years.
Meng would pay for private security guards to monitor her 24 hours a day and seize her if she tried to escape, her defence told the judge in the bail hearing, which was adjourned on Monday without a decision.
Meng owns two homes in Vancouver with her husband Liu Xiaozong, once lived in Vancouver herself and has been a regular traveller to the city, her lawyer, David Martin, told Justice William Ehrcke.
Representing the attorney general of Canada, on behalf of the United States, John Gibb-Carsley has argued that Meng has access to vast resources and poses an unacceptable flight risk.