Lawyers representing Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.'s chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou will argue Tuesday for the disclosure of classified records connected to her arrest and said they can prove her rights were violated.
Tuesday's court proceedings will be behind closed doors. Arguments may spill over to Wednesday. Wanzhou won't appear. The prosecution and Wanzhou's lawyers say a decision by Oct. 2 will allow the rest of her trial to continue with proceedings expected to conclude in April.
Wanzhou and her defense lawyers want the classified and unedited documents to prove a conspiracy between the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and authorities in Canada. Wanzhou was arrested under U.S. orders in December 2018 during a stopover in Vancouver.
The 48-year-old has been charged with bank fraud for allegedly providing false information to HSBC Holdings about Huawei's business dealings with Iran. Wanzhou has repeatedly denied the claims. She is fighting extradition to the U.S. while under house arrest in Canada.
Her lawyers will push for the release of more court documents to support their claims that U.S. and Canada authorities violated her rights while she was being questioned before her arrest. Other alleged abuses include the improper sharing of details about their client's electronic gadgets.
Lawyers representing Canada's justice minister and attorney general David Lametti have released some records requested by Wanzhou's legal team but have refused to hand over others because of privilege. This will be argued in court.
Most of the nearly 400 documents being sought by Wanzhou's lawyers concern communications between American and Canadian authorities before and after her arrest. A court in Canada has previously ordered the Canadian Security Intelligence Service to release some files - but these were heavily redacted. The lawyers want to see the documents without alterations.
