VANCOUVER, British Columbia: The defense team for a senior Chinese executive fighting extradition to the U.S. have offered an alternative narrative that ignores the the case against her, a Canadian Justice Department lawyer told a hearing Wednesday
Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer for Huaweis Technologies and daughter of its founder, was arrested at Vancouvers airport in late 2018 at the request of U.S. authorities. Her arrest infuriated Beijing, which sees her case as a political move designed to prevent Chinas rise.
The U.S. wants Meng extradited to face fraud charges, alleging she committed fraud by misleading the HSBC bank about the companys business dealings in Iran. It accuses Huawei of using a Hong Kong shell company called Skycom to sell equipment to Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions.
Defense lawyers have argued the case against Meng is flawed and there isnt enough evidence to justify her extradition.
But in his final submissions, Justice Department lawyer Robert…