Prisoner in Vancouver: Huawei CFO Awaits Fate in Splendor
- Posh house arrest contrasts with Nissan’s Ghosn in Tokyo jail
- History suggests Meng faces long trial, eventual extradition
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Meng Wanzhou steps out of her $4.2 million mansion, a GPS monitor strapped to her ankle, and slips into a chauffeured black SUV. Then she’s off, largely free to roam the shops and restaurants within 100 square miles of Vancouver until her 11 p.m. curfew.
So goes another day of house arrest for Meng, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co. and daughter of the billionaire founder of China’s biggest telecom provider. It is, by all appearances, a comfortable life for someone at the center of a complex power game.