Vancouver—Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou is expected to appear at B.C. Supreme Court at 9:45 a.m. Pacific Time Tuesday to make changes to her bail order.Meng, who was arrested on Dec. 1 at the request of the United States, was granted $10 million bail on Dec. 11.In a statement, the Canadian Department of Justice said on Tuesday Meng is seeking to change the name of one of the people named as a surety in her bail order.“The British Columbia Supreme Court will decide whether or not to consider and accept a substitute surety for Ms. Meng,” said Ian McLeod, with the DOJ.“The Crown agrees/agreed to this application, and it was anticipated at the time of the original bail order for Ms. Meng.”Read more:China reacts with warnings to Canada and U.S. to drop charges, Meng extradition Chinese state media coverage of John McCallum’s dismissal shows former ambassador was viewed as an ally, says expertU.S. unveils 23 criminal charges against China’s Huawei as Ottawa fights to free two Canadians detained by Beijing in retaliationPreviously, five parties had been named as surety, including a realtor who put up his own home, worth $1.8 million, two former employees of Huawei and their family members, a neighbour, Scot Filer, CEO of Lions Gate Risk Management — the group responsible for making sure she sticks to bail conditions, in addition to cash put up by her husband, Liu Xiaozong.It’s unclear which party the Tuesday bail order change application involves.More to come
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