US may be trying to trap Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou with deal, warns Canadian extradition expert

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HONG KONG, Jan 5 (SCMP): A deal reportedly offered by US authorities to Meng Wanzhou could be a trap, in which an admission of wrongdoing could be used against the Huawei Technologies Co. executive “again and again”, according to one of Canada’s leading extradition experts.

Vancouver barrister Gary Botting, who has written several books on extradition law, wrote in the National Post newspaper on Monday that “if Meng admits to wrongdoing, she would have a criminal record and any number of countries (including Canada) could use this against her”.