Canadian Minister of Justice David Lametti has until March 1 to make a decision on whether to approve extradition proceedings against Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, the B.C. Supreme Court heard on Tuesday.Meanwhile, Meng has expanded her counsel to include lawyers from Peck and Company in Vancouver, and Fenton, Smith Barristers in Toronto, bringing her total legal team up to seven members, lawyer David Martin said. The U.S. government has formally requested the extradition of Meng to face multiple charges of fraud-related allegations. The formal charges came via unsealed grand jury indictments on Monday. She will now be back in court March 6. Meng, who was arrested on Dec. 1 at the request of the U.S., was granted $10 million bail on Dec. 11. She was in a Vancouver courtroom on Tuesday to request a change related to her bail. Martin told the court that one of Meng’s original sureties, a realtor who had pledged his $1.8 million home to release Meng from custody, had failed to do as expected last month. Instead, someone else had put up money to cover for the value of her realtor’s bail contribution.The court granted an application to restore the realtor as Meng’s surety. Martin told the judge that the realtor’s home had lost some of its $1.8 million value and some of that value would have to be made up with cash.Multiple parties were named as surety following Meng’s bail hearing last month. They included the realtor, 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 Meng sticks to bail conditions. Cash was also put up by her husband, Liu Xiaozong.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 fight ...
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