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Apr 12, 2021 9:23 PM -
A judge in Hong Kong has approved a document-sharing agreement between telecom company Huawei and HSBC, in a deal that could affect the extradition case in Vancouver involving Meng Wanzhou.
Meng, Huawei's chief financial officer, has been on bail in Vancouver since late 2018 and hopes the documents will prevent her extradition to the US, where she is wanted on allegations of bank fraud and violating US rules against trade with Iran.
An earlier ruling by a British court stopped HSBC from sharing documents with her legal team, but Huawei says the Hong Kong court has now allowed the arrangement, although the company doesn't say which documents are involved.
Meng's lawyers have argued the U-S has no jurisdiction to seek her extradition and final hearings in the case could wrap up as early as next month.
