The Justice Department Says It Will Seek to Extradite China’s Huawei CFO From Canada

Jan 23, 2019, 12:12 PM


The U.S. says it will seek to extradite a top executive from China's Huawei from Canada, a move that will exacerbate the ongoing rift among the three nations over the arrest last month of CFO Meng Wanzhou, Reuters reports.

“We will continue to pursue the extradition of defendant Ms. Meng Wanzhou, and will meet all deadlines set by the U.S./Canada Extradition Treaty,” Justice Department spokesman Marc Raimondi said in a statement, according to Reuters.

The U.S. says it will seek to extradite a top executive from China's Huawei from Canada, a move that will exacerbate the ongoing rift among the three nations over the arrest last month of CFO Meng Wanzhou, Reuters reports. “We will continue to pursue the extradition of defendant Ms. Meng Wanzhou, and will meet all deadlines set by the U.S./Canada Extradition Treaty,” Justice Department spokesman Marc Raimondi said in a statement, according to Reuters.