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Lawyers for attorney general expected to present arguments in Meng case today

VANCOUVER — Lawyers for the attorney general are expected to present the federal government's response today to the latest arguments in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.
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Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei, leaves her home to go to B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on May 27, 2020. The legal team for a Huawei executive facing extradition to the United States has lost its battle to have the contents of six confidential documents released to them. Meng Wanzhou's defence team argued in Federal Court that the redacted documents would support its position that Meng suffered an abuse of process during her arrest at Vancouver's airport in 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

VANCOUVER — Lawyers for the attorney general are expected to present the federal government's response today to the latest arguments in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.

Lawyers for Meng argued Monday that the United States omitted and misstated facts when it shared allegations against her with Canadian officials ahead of her arrest in Vancouver.

Scott Fenton told a B.C. Supreme Court judge that the summary of allegations used to justify her arrest was "manifestly unreliable" and could be considered an abuse of process.

The judge is considering whether the argument merits proceeding to a three-week hearing starting in February centred on allegations of abuses of process related to Meng's arrest.

Meng appeared in court for the first time since May for the next stage in her ongoing extradition hearings in Vancouver.

She is wanted on fraud charges in the United States that both she and Huawei have denied.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 29, 2020.