 "Former federal prosecutors said pursuing Meng Wanzhou, 46, for alleged bank fraud proved to be a better line of attack than trying to build a case on national security grounds. Photo: Bloomberg")
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou returned to a Canadian court on Monday to fight her extradition to the United States, where her lawyers argued she only needs to show supporting evidence to add a new allegation of US abuse of process to the case.
The scheduled five days of so-called Vukelich hearings will help the judge to ultimately decide whether there is an "air of reality," or possibility that Meng's accusations are valid, and allow the defense to argue the additional allegation.
Meng, 48, was arrested in December 2018 on a warrant from the United States charging her
