Meng Wanzhou#Detention
{{Short description|Chinese business executive}}
{{Family name hatnote|Meng|lang=Chinese}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| image = 孟晚舟 Meng Wanzhou 2022.jpg
| caption = Meng in 2022
| name = Meng Wanzhou
| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh|孟晚舟}}}}
| native_name_lang = zh
| birth_name = Ren Wanzhou
| other_names = Cathy Meng
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|2|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Chengdu, Sichuan, China
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality =
| education = Huazhong University of Science and Technology
| occupation = Businesswoman
| years_active = 1993–present
| title = Deputy chairwoman and CFO, Huawei
| party = Chinese Communist Party
| known_for =
| criminal_charge = Bank fraud, wire fraud, conspiracies to commit bank and wire fraud{{cite press release |url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chinese-telecommunications-conglomerate-huawei-and-huawei-cfo-wanzhou-meng-charged-financial |title=Chinese Telecommunications Conglomerate Huawei and Huawei CFO Wanzhou Meng Charged With Financial Fraud |publisher=U.S. Department of Justice |date=28 January 2019 |access-date=31 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201081005/https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chinese-telecommunications-conglomerate-huawei-and-huawei-cfo-wanzhou-meng-charged-financial |archive-date=1 February 2019 |url-status=live }} (dropped){{cite web|title=U.S. dismissing charges against Huawei's Meng Wanzhou|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-charges-meng-wanzhou-1.6671878|publisher=CBC|access-date=3 December 2022|archive-date=2 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202231824/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-charges-meng-wanzhou-1.6671878|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Jacobs |first=Colleta |date= |title=Meng Wanzhou reaches deal in Huawei espionage case that will allow her to return to China, lawyer says |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/huawei-meng-wanzhou-plea-deal/2021/09/24/6068d9f4-1d49-11ec-bcb8-0cb135811007_story.html |access-date=24 September 2021 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=4 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104082800/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/huawei-meng-wanzhou-plea-deal/2021/09/24/6068d9f4-1d49-11ec-bcb8-0cb135811007_story.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=24 September 2021 |title=Huawei's Meng Wanzhou to be freed in US deal |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58682998 |access-date=24 September 2021 |archive-date=26 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926223520/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58682998 |url-status=live }}
| criminal_status =
| spouse = {{ubl|Zheng Qize (divorced)|{{marriage|Liu Xiaozong|2007}}{{cite news |url=https://hk.news.appledaily.com/china/realtime/article/20181211/59016799 |script-title=zh:【華為危機】與現任丈夫姊弟戀！香港結婚育有一女兒 |work=Apple Daily |language=zh-hk |date=11 December 2018 |access-date=20 December 2018 |trans-title=[Huawei Crisis] Falling in love with my current husband and sister! Married in Hong Kong and has a daughter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214064445/https://hk.news.appledaily.com/china/realtime/article/20181211/59016799 |archive-date=14 December 2018 |url-status=dead}}}}
| children = 4
| father = Ren Zhengfei
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| term_start = 22 November 2019
| predecessor = Ren Zhengfei}}
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Meng Wanzhou ({{lang-zh|c=孟晚舟}}; born 13 February 1972), also known as Cathy Meng and Sabrina Meng,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/07/technology/meng-wanzhou-huawei-arrest.html|title=Meng Wanzhou Was Huawei's Professional Face, Until Her Arrest|last=Zhong|first=Raymond|date=7 December 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=8 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208002100/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/07/technology/meng-wanzhou-huawei-arrest.html|archive-date=8 December 2018|url-status=live}} also informally known in China as the "Princess of Huawei",{{Cite web|date=19 August 2021|title=Meng Wanzhou: 'princess of Huawei' who became the face of a high-stakes dispute|url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/aug/19/meng-wanzhou-huawei-profile-china-canada-us-dispute|access-date=20 August 2021|website=the Guardian|archive-date=19 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819160706/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/aug/19/meng-wanzhou-huawei-profile-china-canada-us-dispute|url-status=live}} is a Chinese business executive. She is the deputy chair of the board and chief financial officer (CFO) of Huawei, which was founded by her father Ren Zhengfei.
On 1 December 2018, Meng was detained and interrogated at Vancouver International Airport by the Canada Border Services Agency and subsequently placed under house arrest on extradition request by United States Department of Justice under the indictment of bank and wire fraud regarding financial transactions in violation of U.S. sanctions against Iran by Skycom, which had functioned as Huawei's Iran-based subsidiary.{{Cite web|date=24 Jan 2019|title=United States District Court Eastern District of New York Superseding Indictment (United States of America against Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Huawei Device USA Inc., Skycom Tech Co. Ltd., Wanzhou Meng, Defendants.)|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/press-release/file/1125036/download|access-date=23 Dec 2021|website=U.S. Department of Justice|pages=10–14}}{{Cite news|date=2021-09-24|title=Meng Wanzhou: The PowerPoint that sparked an international row|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54270739|access-date=2021-12-23|archive-date=8 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608225313/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54270739|url-status=live}} On 24 September 2021, the DOJ announced it had reached a plea bargain with Meng to resolve the case through a deferred prosecution agreement,{{Cite web|date=22 Sep 2021|title=United States District Court Eastern District of New York Deferred Prosecution Agreement (United States of America against Wanzhou Meng, Defandant)|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1436211/download|access-date=23 Dec 2021|website=U.S. Department of Justice|archive-date=8 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608085215/https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1436211/download|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=September 24, 2021|title=Meng Wanzhou free to return to China after cutting plea deal with U.S. Justice Department|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-huaweis-meng-to-resolve-fraud-case-in-plea-deal-that-does-not-include/|access-date=September 26, 2021|website=Globe and Mail|last1=Fife|first1=Robert|last2=Chase|first2=Steven|archive-date=24 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924141916/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-huaweis-meng-to-resolve-fraud-case-in-plea-deal-that-does-not-include/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Feiner|first=Lauren|date=2021-09-24|title=Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou to be released after agreement with U.S. in wire fraud case|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/24/huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhou-to-be-released-after-agreement-with-us-in-fraud-case.html|access-date=2021-09-28|website=CNBC|archive-date=24 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924200435/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/24/huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhou-to-be-released-after-agreement-with-us-in-fraud-case.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/michael-kovrig-and-michael-spavor-on-their-way-home|title=Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, Canadians detained in China since 2018, are 'on their way home': Trudeau|newspaper=National Post|date=25 September 2021|last1=Blackwell|first1=Tom|access-date=30 September 2021|archive-date=7 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107125611/https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/michael-kovrig-and-michael-spavor-on-their-way-home|url-status=live}} and it would move to dismiss all charges against Meng when the deferral period ended on 21 December 2022, on the condition that Meng was not charged with any other crime before then.{{Cite web|last=Lawler|first=Richard|date=2021-09-24|title=US agrees not to pursue fraud charges against Huawei CFO|url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/24/22691518/huawei-meng-wanzhou-cfo-fraud-plea-china-canada|access-date=2021-09-28|website=The Verge|archive-date=24 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924163939/https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/24/22691518/huawei-meng-wanzhou-cfo-fraud-plea-china-canada|url-status=live}} Meng was released from house arrest and left Canada for China on 24 September 2021.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/huawei-cfo-meng-appear-court-expected-reach-agreement-with-us-source-2021-09-24/|title=Huawei CFO leaves Canada after U.S. agreement on fraud charges, detained Canadians head home|first1=Karen|last1=Freifeld|first2=Kenneth|last2=Li|first3=Moira|last3=Warburton|first4=David|last4=Ljunggren|work=Reuters|date=27 September 2021|access-date=25 September 2021|archive-date=28 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928132356/https://www.reuters.com/technology/huawei-cfo-meng-appear-court-expected-reach-agreement-with-us-source-2021-09-24/|url-status=live}} On 1 December 2022, the prosecution asked a judge to dismiss bank fraud and other charges against her and the judge dismissed the charges the next day.{{Cite web |last=Chen |first=Shawna |date=2022-12-03 |title=Federal judge dismisses financial fraud charges against Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou |url=https://www.axios.com/2022/12/03/huawei-meng-wanzhou-charges-dismissed |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=Axios |language=en}}
Early life and education
Meng Wanzhou was born Ren Wanzhou on 13 February 1972{{Cite news |last=Ryan |first=Denise |date=10 December 2018 |title=Affidavit of detained Huawei official details life in Vancouver, plans to fight extradition |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/affidavit-of-detained-huawei-official-details-life-in-vancouver-plans-to-fight-extradition |work=Vancouver Sun |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006212608/https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/affidavit-of-detained-huawei-official-details-life-in-vancouver-plans-to-fight-extradition |archive-date=6 October 2022 |url-status=live}} in Chengdu, Sichuan province. She is the daughter of Ren Zhengfei and his first wife, Meng Jun, who is the daughter of Meng Dongbo, a former deputy secretary of East China Military and Administrative Committees and deputy provincial governor of Sichuan. She has a younger brother Ren Ping (formerly Meng Ping), who also works for Huawei. After her parents divorced when she was 16, she adopted her mother's surname Meng.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/07/tech/meng-wanzhou-huawei/index.html|title=Who is Meng Wanzhou, the Chinese exec wanted by the US?|last=Pham|first=Sherisse|date=7 December 2018|work=CNN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207201538/https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/07/tech/meng-wanzhou-huawei/index.html|archive-date=7 December 2018|url-status=live}}
After divorcing Meng Jun, Ren Zhengfei married Yao Ling, with whom he had another daughter, Annabel Yao. The half-sister is 25 years younger than Meng Wanzhou, and made a high-profile debut at Le Bal des Débutantes in Paris in November 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2176660/why-two-daughters-huawei-founder-have-different-names-and-not-their |title=The tale of Huawei founder's daughters born 25 years apart |date=6 December 2018 |website=South China Morning Post |access-date=7 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207110644/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2176660/why-two-daughters-huawei-founder-have-different-names-and-not-their |archive-date=7 December 2018 |url-status=live }}
After graduating from college in 1992, Meng worked for China Construction Bank for a year before joining Huawei, then a startup company founded by her father, as a secretary.{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-mengs-arrest-sparks-fury-in-china/|title=Arrest of Huawei's Meng Wanzhou sparks fury in China|last=Vanderklippe|first=Nathan|date=5 December 2018|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=6 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213014829/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-mengs-arrest-sparks-fury-in-china/|archive-date=13 December 2018|url-status=live}} She attended graduate school in 1997 and earned a master's degree in accounting from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
Career
File:Meng Wanzhou at Russia Calling! Investment Forum.jpg
In an interview with the Chinese newspaper 21st Century Business Herald, she said her career took off after she returned to Huawei in 1998 to work in the finance department. She held positions including head of international accounting, chief financial officer (CFO) of Huawei Hong Kong, and director of the Accounting Management Department.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2711550|date=6 December 2018|editor-last=Li Qi|website=The Paper|language=zh-hans|script-title=zh:驻加使馆：已向美加提出严正交涉，要求恢复孟晚舟人身自由|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206053255/https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2711550|archive-date=6 December 2018|access-date=29 May 2020}}
When Huawei first published the names of its top executives in 2011, Meng was already listed as its CFO.{{Cite web|title=Who is Meng Wanzhou, the Huawei CFO arrested in Vancouver?|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-is-meng-wanzhou-huawei-cfo-arrested-in-vancouver/|access-date=2021-09-30|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=7 December 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=30 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930041936/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-is-meng-wanzhou-huawei-cfo-arrested-in-vancouver/|url-status=live}} In March 2018, she was appointed as one of the four vice chairpersons of the board, fueling speculation that she was being groomed to eventually succeed her father. However, Ren has denied such claims, telling Sina Tech that "none of my family members possess [suitable] qualities" and "will never be included in the sequence of successors."{{cite news|date=6 December 2018|title=Huawei's Arrested CFO Rose Through Ranks Despite Father's Rebuke|work=Bloomberg|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-06/huawei-s-arrested-cfo-rose-through-ranks-despite-father-s-rebuke|url-status=live|url-access=subscription|access-date=10 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211010107/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-06/huawei-s-arrested-cfo-rose-through-ranks-despite-father-s-rebuke|archive-date=11 December 2018|quote=Ren Zhengfei laid out qualities a successor should have, including vision, character and industry-specific knowledge.}}
As of December 2018, Meng was the deputy chairwoman and CFO of Huawei,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/05/business/huawei-cfo-arrest-canada-extradition.html|title=A Top Huawei Executive Is Arrested in Canada for Extradition to the U.S.|last1=Wakabayashi|first1=Daisuke|date=5 December 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=6 December 2018|last2=Rappeport|first2=Alan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206012107/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/05/business/huawei-cfo-arrest-canada-extradition.html|archive-date=6 December 2018|url-status=live}} China's largest privately held company, with 180,000 employees. In 2017, Forbes ranked Meng 8th in its list of Outstanding Businesswomen of China, while Huawei chairwoman Sun Yafang (who stepped down in March 2018) was ranked 2nd.{{cite news|date=2017|script-title=zh:2017福布斯中国最杰出商界女性排行榜|language=zh-hans|work=Forbes China|url=http://www.forbeschina.com/review/list/002356.shtml|url-status=dead|access-date=6 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029053634/http://www.forbeschina.com/review/list/002356.shtml|archive-date=29 October 2018}}
On 25 October 2021, video clips showing Meng being welcomed back by Huawei employees at the Shenzhen headquarters circulated prompting confirmation that Meng had resumed work after completing a compulsory 21-day COVID-19 quarantine.{{cite web|title=Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou returns to hero's welcome at company headquarters after 21-day quarantine|date=25 October 2021|url=https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3153598/huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhou-returns-heros-welcome-company-headquarters|publisher=South China Morning Post|access-date=2 November 2021|archive-date=3 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103012326/https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3153598/huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhou-returns-heros-welcome-company-headquarters|url-status=live}} She also celebrated her father's 77th birthday on the same day.{{cite web|title=On Ren Zhengfei's birthday, Meng Wanzhou returned to work at Huawei, in a suit that made his colleagues yell the goddess|url=https://inf.news/en/fashion/e659fa309a2f98c2f5eceeead73fb18d.html|publisher=inf.news|access-date=3 November 2021}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|title=Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou returns to hero's welcome at company headquarters after 21-day quarantine|date=25 October 2021|url=https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3153598/huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhou-returns-heros-welcome-company-headquarters|publisher=South China Morning Post|access-date=5 January 2022|archive-date=5 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105132053/https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3153598/huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhou-returns-heros-welcome-company-headquarters|url-status=live}}
Extradition case
{{Main|Extradition case of Meng Wanzhou}}
File:Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver (2021).jpg
On 1 December 2018, Meng was detained upon arrival at Vancouver International Airport by Canada Border Services Agency officers for questioning, which lasted three hours.Chiang, Chuck. 24 December 2019. "[https://www.tricitynews.com/year-in-review-could-meng-wanzhou-arrest-cause-permanent-canada-china-rift-1.24040947 Year in review: Could Meng Wanzhou arrest cause permanent Canada-China rift?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106215045/https://www.tricitynews.com/year-in-review-could-meng-wanzhou-arrest-cause-permanent-canada-china-rift-1.24040947 |date=2020-01-06 }}" Tri-City News. Vancouver: Business in Vancouver. Retrieved 27 May 2020.The Canadian Press. 27 May 2020. "[https://www.vancourier.com/five-things-to-know-about-the-meng-wanzhou-extradition-case-1.24142203 Five things to know about the Meng Wanzhou extradition case] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606120814/https://www.vancourier.com/five-things-to-know-about-the-meng-wanzhou-extradition-case-1.24142203 |date=2020-06-06 }}." Vancouver Courier. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police subsequently arrested her on a provisional U.S. extradition request for fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud in order to circumvent U.S. sanctions against Iran.{{cite news|last=Horowitz|first=Julia|date=6 December 2018|title=Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou arrested in Canada, faces extradition to United States|work=CNN Business|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/05/tech/huawei-cfo-arrested-canada/index.html|url-status=live|access-date=27 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119001051/https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/05/tech/huawei-cfo-arrested-canada/index.html|archive-date=19 January 2019}}
On 28 January 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice formally announced financial fraud charges against Meng.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-huawei-tech-charges/u-s-unseals-indictments-against-chinas-huawei-and-cfo-meng-wanzhou-idUSKCN1PM2H5|title=U.S. unseals indictments against China's Huawei and CFO Meng Wanzhou|last=Lynch|first=Sarah|date=28 January 2019|work=Reuters|access-date=29 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129011907/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-huawei-tech-charges/u-s-unseals-indictments-against-chinas-huawei-and-cfo-meng-wanzhou-idUSKCN1PM2H5|archive-date=29 January 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Martell|first1=Allison|last2=Mehler Paperny|first2=Anna|date=10 January 2020|title=Canadian prosecutors say case against Huawei CFO is about fraud, not sanctions|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada-idUSKBN1Z92D2|url-status=live|access-date=11 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110231003/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada-idUSKBN1Z92D2|archive-date=10 January 2020}} The first stage of the extradition hearing for Meng began Monday 20 January 2020 and concluded on 27 May 2020 when a BC Court ordered the extradition to proceed.{{Cite web|title=United States v Meng, 2020 BCSC 785|url=https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/20/07/2020BCSC0785.htm737|access-date=16 September 2020|website=www.bccourts.ca|archive-date=16 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916214834/https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/20/07/2020BCSC0785.htm737|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Proctor|first=Jason|date=27 May 2020|title=Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou loses key court battle as B.C. judge rules extradition bid should proceed|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/meng-wanzhou-extradition-decision-1.5585737|access-date=16 September 2020|archive-date=7 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607174317/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/meng-wanzhou-extradition-decision-1.5585737|url-status=live}} On 13 February 2020, Meng was personally indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice on charges of trade secrets theft.{{Cite web|title=Chinese Telecommunications Conglomerate Huawei and Subsidiaries Charged in Racketeering Conspiracy and Conspiracy to Steal Trade Secrets|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chinese-telecommunications-conglomerate-huawei-and-subsidiaries-charged-racketeering|last=Office of Public Affairs|date=13 February 2020|publisher=United States Department of Justice|language=en|type=News release|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214045831/https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chinese-telecommunications-conglomerate-huawei-and-subsidiaries-charged-racketeering|archive-date=14 February 2020|access-date=14 February 2020}}
During the extradition courtroom proceedings, Meng's lawyers made several allegations against the prosecution, including allegations of unlawful detention of Meng,{{cite news|date=September 24, 2019|title=Nothing 'routine' about Meng Wanzhou's treatment at Vancouver airport: Defence|newspaper=Vancouver Sun|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/nothing-routine-about-meng-wanzhous-treatment-at-vancouver-airport-defence|url-status=live|access-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927091724/https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/nothing-routine-about-meng-wanzhous-treatment-at-vancouver-airport-defence|archive-date=September 27, 2019}} unlawful search and seizure,{{cite news|newspaper=The Star|author=Wanyee Li|url=https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2019/08/22/huawei-executive-meng-wanzhous-allegations-against-officials-could-derail-extradition-legal-experts-say.html|title=Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's allegations against officials could derail extradition, legal experts say|date=August 22, 2019|access-date=August 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822223547/https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2019/08/22/huawei-executive-meng-wanzhous-allegations-against-officials-could-derail-extradition-legal-experts-say.html|archive-date=August 22, 2019|url-status=live}} extradition law violations,{{cite news|date=October 3, 2019|title=RCMP gave FBI serial numbers, other details about Meng Wanzhou's phones, defence claims|url=https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2019/10/03/rcmp-gave-fbi-serial-numbers-other-details-about-meng-wanzhous-phones-defence-claims.html|access-date=September 16, 2020|newspaper=The Toronto Star|language=en|archive-date=6 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006014218/https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2019/10/03/rcmp-gave-fbi-serial-numbers-other-details-about-meng-wanzhous-phones-defence-claims.html|url-status=live}} misrepresentation,{{Cite web|url = https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3139239/hsbc-evidence-shows-us-made-outright-false-claims-meng|title = HSBC material shows US made 'outright false' claims, Meng lawyer argues|date = June 30, 2021|access-date = 25 September 2021|archive-date = 8 November 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211108081318/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3139239/hsbc-evidence-shows-us-made-outright-false-claims-meng|url-status = live}}{{Cite web|last=Miller|first=Harry|date=2020-10-30|title=Meng Wanzhou scores victory as lawyers allowed to argue U.S. tried to trick Canada – CBC.ca|url=https://canadanewsmedia.ca/meng-wanzhou-scores-victory-as-lawyers-allowed-to-argue-u-s-tried-to-trick-canada-cbc-ca/|access-date=2021-09-27|website=Canada News Media|language=en-US|archive-date=27 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927163147/https://canadanewsmedia.ca/meng-wanzhou-scores-victory-as-lawyers-allowed-to-argue-u-s-tried-to-trick-canada-cbc-ca/|url-status=live}} international law violation,{{cite news|newspaper=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/meng-wanzhou-extradition-international-law-1.5848546|title=Meng Wanzhou's lawyers claim extradition would violate international law|access-date=December 18, 2020|archive-date=25 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925023324/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/meng-wanzhou-extradition-international-law-1.5848546|url-status=live}} and fabricated testimonies by the CBSA.{{Cite web|url = https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3126056/meng-wanzhous-lawyer-accuses-canadian-border-officer|title = Meng's lawyer accuses Canadian officer of fabricating extradition testimony|date = March 19, 2021|access-date = 25 September 2021|archive-date = 25 September 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210925023349/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3126056/meng-wanzhous-lawyer-accuses-canadian-border-officer|url-status = live}} each of which were responded to by the prosecution.{{cite news|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|author=Karen Freifeld|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-huawei-executive-meng-wanzhou-in-bc-court-to-press-for-more-details/|title=Canada says border officials did not act improperly when arresting Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou|date=September 23, 2019|access-date=September 23, 2019|archive-date=August 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823224007/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-canadas-attorney-general-refutes-mengs-request-for-more-disclosure/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|newspaper=Vancouver Sun|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/judge-in-meng-wanzhou-case-orders-rcmp-and-cbsa-to-disclose-more-documents|title=Judge in Meng Wanzhou case orders RCMP and CBSA to disclose more documents|date=December 10, 2019|access-date=January 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102031928/https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/judge-in-meng-wanzhou-case-orders-rcmp-and-cbsa-to-disclose-more-documents|archive-date=January 2, 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite news|newspaper=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/meng-wanzhou-extradition-trial-1.5743631|title=Crown accuses Meng Wanzhou's lawyers of trying to turn extradition into a trial|access-date=September 29, 2020|archive-date=25 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925162132/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/meng-wanzhou-extradition-trial-1.5743631|url-status=live}}{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/meng-wanzhou-rcmp-testimony-defence-1.5955732| title = Meng Wanzhou lawyers attack 'unprecedented' refusal of key RCMP witness to testify {{!}} CBC News| access-date = 28 September 2021| archive-date = 11 August 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210811185307/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/meng-wanzhou-rcmp-testimony-defence-1.5955732| url-status = live}} In August 2021, the extradition judge questioned the regularity of the case and expressed great difficulty in understanding how the Record of Case (ROC) presented by the US supported their allegation of criminality.{{Cite web|last=Smart|first=Amy|date=2021-08-12|title=Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's extradition judge suggests case is 'unusual'|url=https://bc.ctvnews.ca/huawei-executive-meng-wanzhou-s-extradition-judge-suggests-case-is-unusual-1.5540465|access-date=2021-08-14|website=British Columbia|language=en|archive-date=6 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106212057/https://bc.ctvnews.ca/huawei-executive-meng-wanzhou-s-extradition-judge-suggests-case-is-unusual-1.5540465|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-judge-in-mengs-extradition-case-questions-us-allegation/|title = Judge in Meng Wanzhou's extradition case says U.S. Allegation is unclear|newspaper = The Globe and Mail|date = August 11, 2021|last1 = Fine|first1 = Sean|access-date = 27 September 2021|archive-date = 13 October 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211013233507/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-judge-in-mengs-extradition-case-questions-us-allegation/|url-status = live}}{{Cite web|date=2021-09-24|title=Canada, China and US were all doomed to lose in Meng Wanzhou's case|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/24/meng-wanzhou-canada-china-us-settlement-analysis|access-date=2021-09-27|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=1 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101140605/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/24/meng-wanzhou-canada-china-us-settlement-analysis|url-status=live}}
On 18 September 2021, The Globe and Mail, citing Canadian sources, reported that the U.S. Department of Justice had a talk with Huawei and the lawyers representing Meng and had offered to end the extradition request and criminal proceedings if Meng pleaded "guilty" to the charges and paid a large fine.{{cite news|date=18 September 2021|title=U.S. resumes talks with Huawei CFO on resolving criminal charges - Globe and Mail|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/business/us-doj-resumes-talks-plea-deal-with-huaweis-meng-wanzhou-globe-mail-2021-09-18/|access-date=25 September 2021|archive-date=7 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007054102/https://www.reuters.com/business/us-doj-resumes-talks-plea-deal-with-huaweis-meng-wanzhou-globe-mail-2021-09-18/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=US, Meng Wanzhou in talks to resolve charges: report - RTHK|url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1611179-20210918.htm?|access-date=25 September 2021|website=news.rthk.hk|language=en-gb|archive-date=25 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925190853/https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1611179-20210918.htm|url-status=live}}
On 24 September 2021, the Department of Justice announced it had reached a deal with Meng to resolve their case against her by deferring their criminal charges and withdrawing their extradition request after she entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with them. As part of the deal, Meng agreed to a statement of facts, admitting she had made untrue statements about Huawei concealing its link to Skycom and operating it in violation of US sanctions against Iran, but was allowed to formally deny her key charges and did not have to pay a fine. The Department of Justice said it would move to dismiss all the charges against Meng when the deferral period ends on 21 December 2022, on the condition that Meng is not charged with a crime before then.{{cite news|date=25 September 2021|title=Huawei's Meng Wanzhou flies back to China after deal with US|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58682998|access-date=25 September 2021|archive-date=26 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926223520/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58682998|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Fife|first1=Robert|last2=Chase|first2=Steven|date=2021-09-24|title=Meng Wanzhou free to return to China after cutting plea deal with U.S. Justice Department|language=en-CA|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-huaweis-meng-to-resolve-fraud-case-in-plea-deal-that-does-not-include/|access-date=2021-09-28|archive-date=24 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924141916/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-huaweis-meng-to-resolve-fraud-case-in-plea-deal-that-does-not-include/|url-status=live}} Meng left Vancouver on the same day aboard a Chinese government-arranged Air China charter flight bound for Shenzhen, Guangdong, China after spending more than 1000 days under house arrest in the city as part of her bail condition.{{cite news|url = https://www.reuters.com/technology/huawei-cfo-meng-appear-court-expected-reach-agreement-with-us-source-2021-09-24/|title = Huawei CFO leaves Canada after U.S. Agreement on fraud charges, detained Canadians head home|newspaper = Reuters|date = 25 September 2021|last1 = Freifeld|first1 = Karen|last2 = Li|first2 = Kenneth|last3 = Warburton|first3 = Moira|last4 = Ljunggren|first4 = David|access-date = 25 September 2021|archive-date = 28 September 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210928132356/https://www.reuters.com/technology/huawei-cfo-meng-appear-court-expected-reach-agreement-with-us-source-2021-09-24/|url-status = live}} She arrived and was greeted to a hero's welcome at the Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport on 25 September 2021.{{cite web|title=China welcomes Huawei executive home, but silent on freed Canadians|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-welcomes-huawei-executive-home-silent-freed-canadians-2021-09-25/|publisher=reuters.com|access-date=25 September 2021|archive-date=4 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104080029/https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-welcomes-huawei-executive-home-silent-freed-canadians-2021-09-25/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=2021-09-26|title=Huawei CFO gets hero's welcome; Canadians land quietly|language=en|work=National Post|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/huawei-cfo-gets-heros-welcome-canadians-land-quietly|access-date=2021-09-30|archive-date=7 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107125618/https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/huawei-cfo-gets-heros-welcome-canadians-land-quietly|url-status=live}}
On 1 December 2022, the prosecution asked a judge to dismiss bank fraud and other charges against her,{{cite web |title=Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou's bank fraud charges to be dismissed |url=https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3201788/huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhous-bank-fraud-charges-be-dismissed-ending-fraught-chapter-us-china-tech-war |website=South China Morning Post |access-date=3 December 2022 |language=en |date=2 December 2022 |archive-date=3 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203021017/https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3201788/huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhous-bank-fraud-charges-be-dismissed-ending-fraught-chapter-us-china-tech-war |url-status=live }} and the judge dismissed the charges.
Personal life
Meng moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and obtained permanent residency in 2001.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhou-china-summons-canadian-ambassador-1.4938171|title=Chinese foreign ministry warns of consequences with Meng Wanzhou's bail hearing set to resume Monday|website=CBC|date=8 December 2018|agency=Reuters|access-date=10 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209200308/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhou-china-summons-canadian-ambassador-1.4938171|archive-date=9 December 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/bail-hearing-continues-today-for-huawei-executive-meng-wanzhou|title=Judge concerned about using husband of Huawei exec as bail surety|date=11 December 2018|website=vancouversun.com|access-date=20 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221051317/https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/bail-hearing-continues-today-for-huawei-executive-meng-wanzhou|archive-date=21 December 2018|url-status=live}} She also has had Hong Kong permanent residence since at least 2011.{{cite news |last1=Wood |first1=Ian |last2=Gray |first2=Mackenzie |title=Huawei CFO Meng's family granted federal travel exemption to visit Canada |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/huawei-cfo-meng-s-family-granted-federal-travel-exemption-to-visit-canada-1.5265236 |access-date=19 January 2021 |work=CTV News |date=13 January 2021}}
In 2007, Meng married businessman Liu Xiaozong ({{lang|zh-Hans|刘晓棕}}), who formerly worked for Huawei for ten years.{{cite web |url=https://news.163.com/18/1209/17/E2JOKL040001875P.html |script-title=zh:华为老兵：我所知道的孟晚舟曾激励父亲到深圳闯荡 |date=9 December 2018 |work=Jiefang Daily |language=zh-Hans |access-date=29 December 2018 |trans-title=Huawei veteran: Meng Wanzhou, as I know, inspired his father to go to Shenzhen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211171104/https://news.163.com/18/1209/17/E2JOKL040001875P.html |archive-date=11 December 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.jzb.com/bbs/thread-6449573-1-1.html |script-title=zh:德普刘晓棕：我们要办什么样的教育？_重庆国际学校_家长帮 |website=www.jzb.com |language=zh-hans |access-date=20 December 2018 |trans-title=Depp Liu Xiaozong: What kind of education are we going to do? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213065147/http://www.jzb.com/bbs/thread-6449573-1-1.html |archive-date=13 December 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url = https://www.case.org/Conferences_and_Training/AP_IFST18/Conference_Co-Chairs_and_Speakers.html |title = CASE - Co-Chairs and Speakers |website = www.case.org |access-date = 20 December 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181210063329/https://www.case.org/Conferences_and_Training/AP_IFST18/Conference_Co-Chairs_and_Speakers.html |archive-date = 10 December 2018 |url-status = dead }} The couple have a daughter, and own two multimillion-dollar residences in Vancouver.{{cite news|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/huawei-executive-arrested-at-yvr-appears-to-have-family-ties-to-vancouver-homes|title=Huawei executive arrested at YVR appears to have family ties to Vancouver homes|website=Vancouver Sun|date=7 December 2018|author=Derrick Penner|access-date=10 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211010120/https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/huawei-executive-arrested-at-yvr-appears-to-have-family-ties-to-vancouver-homes|archive-date=11 December 2018|url-status=live}} Meng also has three sons from a previous marriage.{{cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/world/americas/for-huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhou-the-idyllic-summer-playground-of-vancouver-turns-into-a|title=Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou cites multi-million dollar homes in Vancouver and health issues in bail bid|website=Straits Times|date=9 December 2018|author=Bloomberg|access-date=10 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210130324/https://www.straitstimes.com/world/americas/for-huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhou-the-idyllic-summer-playground-of-vancouver-turns-into-a|archive-date=10 December 2018|url-status=live}}
According to media reports, Meng has high blood pressure, sleep apnea and hyperthyroidism.{{cite web|title=孟晚舟在加拿大被控合谋瞒骗多家银行 保释申请仍未裁决|url=https://beltandroad.zaobao.com/beltandroad/news/story20181209-914331|publisher=beltandroad.zaobao|access-date=8 October 2021|archive-date=8 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008162541/https://beltandroad.zaobao.com/beltandroad/news/story20181209-914331|url-status=live}} It was reported that in May 2018, she had an operation to remove her thyroid gland.{{cite web|title=社评：加拿大粗暴对待孟晚舟严重侵犯人权|url=http://world.people.com.cn/n1/2018/1209/c1002-30451802.html|publisher=world.people.cn|access-date=8 October 2021|archive-date=9 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209100747/http://world.people.com.cn/n1/2018/1209/c1002-30451802.html|url-status=live}}
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