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Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes ruled against admitting the evidence on July 9, but the reasons for her decision were not released until Wednesday.
Mme Meng is wanted in the United States for allegations that she misled HSBC bank about Huawei’s dealings with another company, putting the bank at risk of violating US sanctions against Iran. These accusations are denied by her and the telecommunications company.
Meng Wanzhou’s legal team argued that the documents undermine allegations of fraud against the accused, proving that the United States misled the court in its Canadian summary of the case against her.
The documents recently obtained by the legal team of Mr.me Meng with HSBC under a Hong Kong court deal include internal email chains and spreadsheets.
Justice Holmes writes in her ruling that while the documents are “undoubtedly valuable to Meng Wanzhou in a trial,” they do not expressly state Mr.me Meng, which can only be obtained through deductions.
The documents also do not demonstrate that the inferences made by the United States in its summary of the claims against Mr.me Meng were unreasonable, she mentions.
Justice Holmes also argues that the assessment of conflicting findings is a matter for a trial, not an extradition hearing.
“Potential competing inferences may or may not play an important role in the trial, where witnesses will testify and be cross-examined, and the body of evidence will be much more comprehensive,” she wrote.
“In the context of an extradition hearing, the true or most appropriate inference cannot be determined. ”
The final two to three weeks of hearing in Meng Wanzhou’s extradition case is scheduled to begin on August 3.
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