JAKARTA – One of Huawei's bosses, Meng Wanzhou, left for his hometown in China on a chartered plane after being released from prison in Canada, Friday, September 24.
Thanks to the hard work of the Chinese government, Meng left Canada on a plane chartered by the Chinese government to return to her hometown and meet her family. Xinhua News Agency report on Saturday September 25.
The spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zhao Lijian, welcomed the return of the boss of the largest IT company on her personal Weibo account.
Meng, who is Huawei's chief financial officer, also thanked the Chinese Embassy in Canada, her team of lawyers and her colleagues.
“Even in very difficult times, there is always hope,” said the daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei.
Meng attended a virtual hearing in a federal court in Brooklyn, United States, on Friday local time to sign a deferred prosecution agreement in the fraud case she is accused of.
With the deal, Meng was not charged in the United States and extradition proceedings in Canada were halted, said William Taylor, one of Meng's lawyers.
“He has not pleaded guilty and we hope the charges will be dropped after fourteen months. Now he will be free to return home to his family,” Taylor was quoted as saying. World Time.
Meng has been detained in Canada for almost three years after being arrested at the country's airport in December 2018.
Shortly after Meng's arrest, Chinese authorities arrested two Canadian citizens, Michael Korvig and Michael Spavor, on espionage charges.
Since then, China-Canada bilateral relations have deteriorated. In fact, over the past three years, security outside the Canadian embassy building on Beijing's Dongzhimen Wai Street has been beefed up to the point where it appears more visible than other embassies in the region.
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