Canadian Police Witness Tells Court Huawei CFO Arrest Followed Procedure

Yep said “there was no concern” about this process and added other passengers on the plane made it a potentially “risky situation” to arrest her on the aircraft.

Meng’s team has asserted that the CBSA inappropriately seized her electronic devices and that identifying information was shared with U.S. authorities.

Yep said the RCMP asked the CBSA to seize Meng’s devices on a request from the United States and put in Faraday bags, which prevent data from being erased.

He added the request was “part of the process” and presented no cause for concern.

Gibb-Carsley asked whether Yep’s supervisor expressed concern about the CBSA investigating before the RCMP.

“No,” Yep said, adding that his supervisor was concerned Meng might elude CBSA and escape the airport, a concern that Yep shared.

Meng’s lawyers will probe the extent to which the Trump administration directed RCMP and CBSA officers to engage in a deceptive and improper search, thereby violating a court order and Meng’s Charter rights, Huawei said in a statement.

Calling live witnesses in an extradition case is “very, very unusual,” said Leo Adler, a Toronto-based extradition lawyer, particularly if both sides will be able to cross-examine. Adler is not involved with the case.

Meng’s team was able to do that based on documents released to them, Adler said, another aspect that is rare in extradition cases.

Meng’s case, which is expected to last years, has strained relations between Ottawa and Beijing. Soon after her detention, China arrested Canadian citizens Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig on espionage charges.

Hearings are scheduled to wrap up in April 2021.

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