Defense probes Canada border official on law enforcement role in Huawei CFO's U.S. extradition case

FILE PHOTO: Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves a court hearing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada November 17, 2020. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Lawyers for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou probed a Canadian border official in court on Wednesday about his agency's communications with U.S. and Canadian authorities ahead of Meng's arrest two years ago.

Defense attorney Mona Duckett questioned Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officer Sanjit Dhillon about whether he purposely concealed from Meng that there was an arrest warrant out for her from the U.S. when he questioned her before she was arrested, "as the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) instructed."