Meng's lawyers ask court to loosen in-person surveillance in bail agreement

Chinese tech executive Meng Wanzhou is back in British Columbia Supreme Court as her lawyers seek to ease bail conditions for the Huawei chief financial officer.

Speaking English and aided by an interpreter, her husband Liu Xiaozong testified he believes Meng is at increased risk of contracting COVID-19 given her proximity to multiple security personnel whenever she leaves home.

He says his wife is a survivor of thyroid cancer and has hypertension, while their daughter and her son are afraid of being publicly identified during visits to Vancouver due to the presence of private security.

Her lawyers want her to be allowed out of her house without her security detail and outside the hours of her curfew, which starts at 11 p.m. and runs until 6 a.m.

She wears an electronic monitoring device and is limited to visiting certain parts of Vancouver, excluding the airport where she was arrested in December 2018 on a request by the United States.

Meng is facing extradition to the United States over fraud charges based on allegations that both she and the company deny.