Crown Says It Was Reasonable for Border Screening to Precede Meng’s Arrest

Chief Financial Officer of Huawei, Meng Wanzhou leaves her home in Vancouver, on March 24, 2021 to go to B.C. Supreme Court. Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER—A lawyer for Canada’s attorney general says it was entirely reasonable for border officers to question Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou before her arrest at Vancouver’s airport in 2018.

Diba Majzub told the B.C. Supreme Court that Meng’s arrival at a port of entry created a unique context where both the RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency had mandates to fulfil.