SHENZHEN, March 4 (NNN-BERNAMA-XINHUA) — Huawei’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Meng Wanzhou is suing Canadian authorities for breaching her constitutional rights, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a new statement issued by the company’s headquarters in Shenzhen, Monday.
Meng’s lawyers filed a Notice of Civil Claim on March 1 in the British Columbia Supreme Court against members of the Canada Border Services Agency, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Government of Canada alleging serious breaches of Meng’s constitutional rights.
According to the statement, Meng is seeking damages for misfeasance in public office and false imprisonment based on alleged multiple failures of those Canadian government officials to comply with the rule of law upon her detention, search, and interrogation at Vancouver International Airport on Dec 1, 2018.
Huawei’s team of lawyers issued a statement on Saturday expressing disappointment over Canada’s insistence on advancing the extradition process of Meng.
The statement said, “our client maintains that she is innocent of any wrongdoing and that the US prosecution and extradition constitutes an abuse of the processes of law.
“Our client looks forward to having her rights vindicated in the judicial phase of the extradition process.”
Meng is the daughter of Huawei’s founder Ren Zhengfei. She was detained in Vancouver on Dec 1, 2018, at the request of the United States, which has charged her and China’s Huawei Technologies Co on allegations of the company being a threat to U.S. national security.
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