A Canada judge has granted a 14-week adjournment in the extradition hearing of Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou to give her time to review documents, news reports said Thursday.
Meng's lawyers asked the British Columbia Supreme Court to delay final arguments in the case until August to allow the defense to examine documents recently submitted.
According to a report by Al-Jazeera, the documents were released in a settlement between HSBC and Huawei, in Hong Kong.
Canada authorities arrested Meng, 49, in Vancouver in December 2018 on an extradition warrant issued by the U.S., where the Huawei executive is wanted on charges of fraud for allegedly violating U.S. sanctions on Iran.
Meng has been under house arrest since December 2018.
Meng's Canada legal team said her lawyers in New York had reviewed the documents and found evidence that may undermine accusations of fraud against her.
Lawyers representing Canada's attorney general opposed the adjournment set to begin Monday - contending Meng had been given enough time to make her case.
Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes said Meng's bid for adjournment should be granted so the defense could analyze carefully the bank documents they believed may be relevant, the South China Morning Post reported.
Meng has denied the allegations and her legal team was hoping the new documents would be important to her defense.
Her lawyers claim Meng's rights were violated and Canada authorities were more interested in appeasing the U.S.
