Cathy Meng
20 18 18 On February 5th, Canada's Globe and Mail quoted a spokesman of the Canadian Ministry of Justice as saying that the United States had requested her extradition and the Canadian court was scheduled to hold a bail hearing on the matter on the 7th local time. According to the report, the Canadian Ministry of Justice refused to provide other details on the grounds that the matter had issued a report ban. Mark Raimondi, a spokesman for the US Department of Justice, declined to comment.
20 18 12 6, China's foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said that China has put forward a solemn position to the United States and Canada, demanding the immediate release of the detained persons. ? [ 16]?
2065 438+08 2065 438+08 China Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng urgently summoned Canadian Ambassador to China Mai to make solemn representations and strong protests over Canada's detention of the head of Huawei. Le Yucheng pointed out that China's detention of Canadian citizens who transited in Vancouver, Canada at the request of the United States has seriously violated the legitimate rights and interests of China citizens, and its nature is extremely bad. China strongly urges Canada to immediately release the detainees and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of the parties. Otherwise, the consequences will be serious, and Canada will bear full responsibility for it. ? [ 17]?
On 20 18 12 10, Ms. Meng Wanzhou's bail hearing was reopened. The hearing of the day was held in Hall 20, the highest alert level of the court. ? [18] At the hearing that day, Meng Wanzhou mainly invited security companies and GPS companies to introduce what measures Meng Wanzhou would take to ensure that she would not abscond after being released on bail. ? [19] The bail hearing of Meng Wanzhou, a Canadian citizen detained in China, was inconclusive, and the judge said that it would continue on June 1 1. ? [ 18]?
2018121kloc-0/,China's foreign minister Wang Yi delivered a speech: China will never sit idly by and spare no effort to safeguard the legitimate rights of China citizens and restore world justice. ? [20] On the same day, the Canadian court ruled that the bail application of Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei, was approved. ? [3]?
20 191October 26th, 65438+ Canadian ambassador to China was forced to resign. Some analysts believe that this is related to Mai Jia Lian's position on the extradition of Meng Wanzhou. ? [2 1]?
2065438+2009129 October, 65438+2009, the US Department of Justice announced the charges against Huawei and its related subsidiaries, its vice chairman and chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou. [22] and formally submitted a request to extradite Meng Wanzhou to Canada. ? [4]?
On March 1 2009, the Canadian Minister of Justice decided to issue an arrest warrant against Meng Wanzhou. ? [23]?
On March 3, 20 19, Meng Wanzhou, a Huawei executive detained by the Canadian government, filed a civil lawsuit against the Canadian government, accusing him of "serious violation" of his constitutional rights. Meng Wanzhou's lawsuit also includes the Canadian Border Service Agency and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. ? [5]?
On March 6, 20 19, 10, Meng Wanzhou appeared again in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. After a trial of 17 minutes, lawyers of the Privy Council of British Columbia said that they had reached an agreement with the team of defense lawyers to postpone the case until May 8, 20 19. From now until May 8, the prosecution and the team of defense lawyers will discuss the complaint submitted to the court. Richard Peck, Meng Wanzhou's defense lawyer, said the case was "extremely unusual" and they expressed "serious concern" about the subsequent "political motives". The remarks of the president of the United States may have an impact on the correct trial of the case. ? [6] The court finally approved Meng Wanzhou's application to move to Shaugnessy, and stipulated that a hearing on relevant information disclosure would be held from September 23rd to June 4th, 10. The judge asked Meng Wanzhou to appear in court on September 23rd 10. ? [24]?
201may 8, 9 10, the British Columbia high court reopened the trial of Ms. Meng Wanzhou's extradition case. Meng Wanzhou's last public appearance was about two months ago. This hearing only determines the schedule of the next trial, and will not make a decision on extradition or not. The court finally approved Meng Wanzhou's application to move to Shaugnessy. At the same time, it is stipulated that the relevant information disclosure hearing will be held from September 23rd to June 4th 10. The judge asked Meng Wanzhou to appear in court on September 23rd 10. ? [25]?
2019 May 13, Huawei Heartfelt Community released a letter from Meng Wanzhou to all Huawei people on May 9. Meng Wanzhou said in his letter that he had never had the opportunity to be so closely linked with the 65,438+088,000 people of China. No matter how difficult and stressful it is now, you can keep your heart firm. ? [7]?
On June 6th, 20 19, at 9: 30am (Beijing time on June 7th, 0: 30am), the Canadian court discussed the technical issues in the Meng Wanzhou case. ? [26]?
2065438+On the morning of September 23rd, 2009, the extradition case of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was heard again in the British Columbia High Court, and Ms. Meng Wanzhou appeared in court that day. ? [27]?
On February 2nd, 2065438+0919, Huawei Heartfelt Community published a letter written by Meng Wanzhou on the occasion of the first anniversary of his detention by Canadian police. Meng Wanzhou thanked those who cared about Huawei, including customers, suppliers and court staff, saying that there was a long queue outside the court for every trial, and everyone's enthusiasm and support would always be warm in her heart. Meng Wanzhou also said that when the judge announced that he agreed to bail, the applause from the audience made him burst into tears. ? [28]?
On June 6th, 2020, 65438+, many Canadian media reprinted the report of Tong Jia News Agency. According to reports, Canadian legal experts called on the Minister of Justice to end the case. 65438+1On October 20th, the British Columbia High Court will hold another hearing on the Meng Wanzhou case. The hearing will focus on the issue of "double criminality", that is, whether the US criminal charges against Meng Wanzhou are also crimes in Canada. ? [8]?
On March 30th, 2020, judges of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canada held a video conference with lawyers representing Meng Wanzhou and Canadian prosecutors on Meng Wanzhou's extradition to the United States. The meeting decided to postpone another case management meeting until April 27th. ? [29]?
On May 2 1 2020, the High Court of British Columbia, Canada, said that it would make a ruling on May 27 on the issue of "double crimes" in the case of Meng Wanzhou, an executive of Huawei in China, that is, whether the crime of "bank fraud" accused by the United States in Meng Wanzhou also constitutes a crime in Canada. Canada's Global News Network said on the 22nd that if the judge thinks that Meng's "double crimes" are not established, she will be released in court, although the prosecution can appeal; If the judge thinks that Meng's "double crime" is established, it will trigger a new round of legal debate, and the focus of the debate will shift to whether it is legal for Canadian police and other departments to arrest her at Vancouver Airport. In this case, Meng Wanzhou is the plaintiff. ? [30]?
On the morning of May 27th, 2020 in Vancouver local time (the morning of 28th Beijing time), the High Court of British Columbia, Canada announced the first-instance judgment of Meng Wanzhou's extradition case, and found that Meng Wanzhou, vice chairman and chief financial officer of Huawei, met the standard of "double criminality", so her extradition case will continue to be tried, and Ms. Meng Wanzhou will stay in Canada to attend the relevant hearing later and wait for the new trial result. ? [9][3 1]?
On July 23, 2020, local time, Huawei lawyers applied to the Canadian court to suspend the extradition of Meng Wanzhou to the United States. They accused Trump and other senior officials of the US government of using Meng Wanzhou as a bargaining chip in trade disputes and undermining the integrity of the Canadian judicial process. ? [ 10]?
According to the People's Daily, "On the morning of July 24th, 2020, the British Columbia High Court released the evidence of the next trial of Meng Wanzhou's extradition case. As early as May 28th, the court ruled that the essence of the Meng Wanzhou case was "fraud". Public evidence shows that the so-called Meng Wanzhou case is a political case concocted by the United States. HSBC has played an extremely disgraceful role in framing, maliciously manipulating, piecing together materials and fabricating criminal evidence. Meng Wanzhou is innocent! " ? [ 1 1]?
On July 25th, 2020, CCTV news reported that a court in charge of hearing Meng Wanzhou's extradition case in British Columbia, Canada, disclosed some evidence on the afternoon of 23rd local time, which came from the defense application and key evidence submitted to the court by Meng Wanzhou's attorney 17. The defense application submitted by Meng Wanzhou's lawyer holds that there are major omissions and misleading in the key evidence that the United States sued Meng Wanzhou for "fraud", and the extradition case is an abuse of the extradition agreement between the United States and Canada and the judicial process in Canada. The defense application pointed out that in the "case record" provided by the United States to Canada, there are obvious differences between the allegations made by the United States and the facts, and this difference is wrong. This false statement should not be used as the main evidence of extradition judgment. ? [32] On July 3 1, according to the American Overseas Chinese News, a document submitted to the court in British Columbia, Canada, showed that the Canadian Attorney General indicated that he had satisfied the request to extradite Huawei's chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou to the United States for bank fraud. ? [33]?
On August 17, 2020, the British Columbia High Court held a hearing on the Meng Wanzhou case to discuss the disclosure of evidence information involved. According to the published information, Canadian law enforcement agencies were suspected of violating rules and abusing procedures in the process of planning and implementing the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, including colluding with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, deliberately stalling at Vancouver Airport, and conducting improper search and interrogation on Meng Wanzhou. Meng's team of lawyers argued to the Canadian court that the Canadian prosecutor should disclose more evidence information involved. ? [ 13]?
On September 30, 2020, local time, the Meng Wanzhou extradition case ended this round of hearing in the British Columbia High Court, and the presiding judge Heather Holmes did not rule on the claims of both parties. According to the schedule of the court, the two sides will hold several rounds of court debates. It is expected that in February 20021year, the judicial departments of Canada and the United States will decide whether to "abuse the judicial process". After that, the case will enter the third round, which is also the last round of trial and ruling by the Provincial High Court. ? [34]?
654381October 26th, 2020, Meng Wanzhou appeared again in the High Court of British Columbia to attend the hearing of his extradition case. In this round of hearing, the prosecution and the defense will cross-examine the witnesses around whether there is abuse of procedure in the process of detaining Meng Wanzhou by Canadian law enforcement agencies. ? [35]?
On June 27th, 2020, local time, in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canada, a new round of extradition hearing about Huawei's chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou entered the second day. The focus of the hearing is still the "procedural abuse" accused by Canadian and American authorities during her arrest at Vancouver International Airport in February 20 18. Ricky Baker, Meng Wanzhou's lawyer, noticed the affidavit signed by Winston Yep, a police officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the day before Meng Wanzhou's arrest, which included the officer's oath that Meng Wanzhou had "no contact" with Canada. The purpose of signing the affidavit is to confirm the purpose and circumstances of Meng Wanzhou's arrest, so that the judge can issue a provisional arrest warrant. Winston Ye admitted in court that he obtained the judge's provisional arrest warrant by using an incorrect affidavit. ? [36]?
On June 6, 2020 165438+ 10/6, the British Columbia High Court heard the Meng Wanzhou case again. Zhang Ben, a retired officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who was suspected of providing the FBI with the password of Meng Wanzhou's electronic equipment, refused to testify in court? [ 14]。
On June 25th, 2020, the second trial of Meng Wanzhou's extradition case continued in Vancouver. Canadian Federal Police Sergeant Graff continued to testify in court. Graff is the person in charge of the arrest of Meng Wanzhou directly manipulated by the Canadian police. Regarding whether he had seen the arrest warrant, Graf changed his mind four times and asked whether it was inappropriate to obtain Meng Wanzhou's mobile phone password. First he evaded the question, and then he changed his mind and said there was nothing wrong with it. Then he said it was a request of the Ministry of Justice. The final answer turned out to be that he didn't know the answer to this question. ? [ 15]?
On 2002 1 April 21day (local time), the judge of British Columbia High Court ruled that the extradition hearing of Huawei's chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou was postponed for three months. Meng Wanzhou's extradition hearing was originally scheduled to end in May, but Meng Wanzhou's team of lawyers asked the court to postpone the extradition hearing for three months, so as to gain more time to review the documents related to the Meng Wanzhou case obtained from HSBC. Previously, HSBC and Huawei reached an out-of-court settlement agreement in Hong Kong, and Huawei could obtain relevant documents from HSBC. ? [57]?
On June 29th, 20021,the British Columbia High Court reopened, and Meng Wanzhou attended the hearing. ? [58]?
On August 4th, 20021,the hearing of Meng Wanzhou's extradition case was held again in Vancouver, Canada, and this world-famous case was about to enter the final stage. There will be more than two weeks of court debate between Meng Wanzhou's defense team and the prosecutor representing the US Department of Justice, and the trial process is expected to end on August 2 1. ? [59]?
On August 9th, 20021,Meng Wanzhou's extradition case was heard in the High Court of British Columbia. Meng Wanzhou appeared in court. From that day on, the court tried "judicial relief"? [60]。 On August 10, the trial of "judicial relief" in Meng Wanzhou's extradition case of "procedural abuse" ended. On the same day, the prosecution lawyers representing the Canadian and American governments responded to the views expressed by the defense lawyers the day before. The prosecution denied any misconduct by the Canadian and American governments and law enforcement agencies in this case, and therefore opposed the adoption of "judicial remedy" measures and the termination of extradition procedures. At this point, the trial of the two major complaints filed by the defense lawyers representing Meng Wanzhou has all ended. According to the timetable discussed by the court, the court will start the "deportation" trial from August 1 1, that is, whether to grant extradition. ? [6 1]?
On 20021August 13 (Vancouver local time), he made a court statement on behalf of Meng Wanzhou's defense lawyer, responding to the reasons put forward by the prosecution for extradition. Defense lawyers pointed out that the evidence submitted by the United States for extradition was "insufficient and extremely unreliable" and the court could not support extradition based on these requests. Defense lawyers pointed out that the United States claimed that Meng Wanzhou's false statement deceived HSBC and caused the risk of loss. However, the actual situation is that this case has the characteristics of "three noes": no false statements, no loss consequences and no causal relationship. Namely: Meng Wanzhou "made no false statement" when explaining relevant business to HSBC; HSBC has not suffered any actual losses due to Meng Wanzhou's statement; Meng Wanzhou's statement has no causal relationship with HSBC's loss risk. ? [62]?
On the afternoon of 20021August 18 (Canadian local time), the trial of Meng Wanzhou's extradition case in British Columbia High Court was all over, and the judge did not immediately announce the verdict. ? [63] The judge decided to hold a meeting on June 65438+10/October 265438 +0, and agreed on the date to announce the judgment. ? [66],
On 2002 1 August 2 1 day, news came from the British media that the judgment of Meng Wanzhou case would be issued on August 21day? [67]。
On September 24th, 20021year, local time, Ms. Meng Wanzhou left Canada by charter flight of China government, and will soon return to the motherland to reunite with her family.