Court request made in Meng Wanzhou case

OTTAWA－Lawyers for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou have applied to a Canadian court for a stay in the proceedings for her extradition to the United States, Reuters quoted documents released on Thursday as saying.

Noting that US President Donald Trump and other senior officials of the administration intend to use Meng "as a bargaining chip in a trade dispute", Meng's lawyers said that Trump's stated willingness to intervene in the case is "offensive and ominous".

Meng's lawyers also said that the US misled Canada about the evidence in Meng's case, calling the omission "far below the expected standard of diligence, candor and accuracy", according to the documents.

Meng was arrested on Dec 1, 2018, at Vancouver International Airport at the request of the US, which is seeking her extradition on fraud charges. Both Meng and Huawei have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said in May that China expressed its strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to a Canadian court's ruling on the case against Meng, and had made solemn representations to Canada on the issue.

Last month, Zhao said that the case is a "serious political incident" that has revealed the US' political calculations to purposefully suppress Huawei and other Chinese tech companies.

On June 15, Meng's lawyers filed a memo of arguments with the Supreme Court of British Columbia to fight the extradition request.

Xinhua