Nothing ‘Sinister’ About Airport Questioning of Huawei Exec Meng Wanzhou: Crown

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, who is out on bail and remains under partial house arrest after she was detained last year at the behest of American authorities, leaves her home to attend a court hearing in Vancouver on Sept. 30, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

VANCOUVER—The actions of Canadian officials during the arrest of Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver’s airport were “not at all sinister” and followed their legal obligations, a Crown prosecutor says.

Robert Frater, a lawyer representing the Attorney General of Canada, said the defence has alleged that Canadian and United States officials conspired to conduct a covert criminal investigation at the airport on Dec. 1, 2018.