Liu ‘Willow’ Yang admitted to helping ship more than US$870,000 worth of US electronics to Iran over a six-year period. Photo: Handout
Chinese woman’s secret arrest in United States hints at wider sanctions probe
- Two months before Canada arrested a top Huawei executive on alleged US sanctions violations, a Chinese national was detained in the Washington, DC on similar suspicions
- But while Meng Wanzhou’s case received heavy media attention, the US kept the detention of Liu ‘Willow’ Yang under wraps
Liu ‘Willow’ Yang admitted to helping ship more than US$870,000 worth of US electronics to Iran over a six-year period. Photo: Handout