Canada Officer Who Took Huawei CFO Passwords Says That’s Common
- Meng Wanzhou is fighting in Canada against U.S. extradition
- Defense seeks dismissal of case, arguing arrest was mishandled
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The Canadian border agent who questioned Huawei Technologies Co. Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou shortly before her 2018 arrest on a U.S. extradition request described the examination’s tactics -- including asking for and recording passwords to her devices -- as normal.
When Meng landed in Vancouver on a stopover on Dec. 1, 2018, border officials questioned her for three hours, seized her electronic devices, took down her passwords and searched her luggage before handing her over to police to be charged. Her defense argues that the officials abused their positions and that the U.S. request should be thrown out.