Canada said Friday it will allow the U.S. extradition case against Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to proceed.
Canadian Department of Justice officials issued a statement saying they diligently reviewed the evidence and the case can go ahead.
"There is sufficient evidence to be put before an extradition judge for decision," the statement said. China detained former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor on Dec. 10 in an apparent attempt to pressure Canada to release Meng. A Chinese court also sentenced a Canadian to death in a sudden retrial, overturning a 15-year prison term handed down earlier. Kovrig and Spavor haven't had access to a lawyer since being arrested.
Martin also said the charges against Meng are not crimes in Canada and that his client maintains her innocence."This is not a merely judicial case, but a political persecution against a Chinese high-tech enterprise," the embassy said in a statement.
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