WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 06th December, 2018) Canada has arrested the chief financial officer of Huawei's Technologies at the request of the United States for possible violations of US sanctions against Iran, media reported.
Canadian authorities arrested Wanzhou Meng on December 1 in Vancouver at the request of the US government, the Globe and Mail reported on Wednesday.
Meng was arrested on on suspicion of violating US sanctions against Iran, the report explained.
Canada Justice Department spokesperson Ian McLeod was quoted in the report as saying that Meng has a bail hearing set for Friday, but cannot provide any further detail at present because of a publication ban in effect sought by Meng.
The report said US authorities have been reviewing Huawei's alleged shipping of US products to Iran and other countries in violation of the sanctions regime and other export measures.
Meng was on the board of the Hong Kong-based Skycom Tech company that would later attempt to sell embargoed Hewitt Packard computer products to Iran's largest mobile-phone operator, the report added.
