Canada court adjourns bail hearing of Huawei CFO

The bail hearing of Meng Wanzhou, a top executive of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies, who was arrested on December 1 as she was changing planes in Vancouver, has been adjourned by a Canadian provincial court.

Reports say the judge presiding over the bail hearing rolled the proceedings over to Tuesday at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EDT/1800 GMT) because he wants to hear more about the issue of surety – who will take responsibility for Meng’s actions if she is released.

U.S. prosecutors want Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou to be extradited to face accusations she misled multinational banks about Huawei’s control of a company operating in Iran.

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Chinese authorities have already protested the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, by summoning a US envoy.

Reports say China’s foreign ministry summoned the US ambassador to protest Meng’s detention at the request of he United States and demanded Washington cancel an order for her arrest.

China’s Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng summoned US ambassador Terry Branstad one day after he called in Canadian envoy John McCallum to voice China’s displeasure.

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