Defence Argument in Meng Extradition Should Be Heard at a Trial: Attorney General

Meng Wanzhou leaves her home to head to Supreme Court in Vancouver on Sept. 28, 2020. Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER—A lawyer for Canada’s attorney general is urging a B.C. Supreme Court judge to “cut off at the knees” arguments from Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou’s lawyers that he says have no chance of success.

Crown prosecutor Robert Frater told Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes of the B.C. Supreme Court that an extradition judge has a duty as gatekeeper to ensure proceedings are swift.