VANCOUVER, Dec 07 (Reuters): Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou will return to a Canadian court on Monday as witness testimony in her US extradition case resumes, amid news last week that her lawyers and US prosecutors held talks to reach a deal that could see her release and to return to China after two years of house arrest.
Meng, 48, was arrested in Canada in December 2018 on a warrant from the United States. She is facing charges of bank fraud for allegedly misleading HSBC Holdings Plc about Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's business dealings in Iran, causing the bank to break US sanctions.
She has said she is innocent and is fighting the extradition from under house arrest in Vancouver.
US prosecutors are discussing a deal with lawyers for Huawei's Meng to resolve criminal charges against her, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday, signaling a potential end to a case that has strained ties between the United States, China and Canada.
Her lawyers have argued in the British Columbia Supreme Court that Meng's extradition should be thrown out based on alleged abuses of process that took place during her investigation by Canadian border officials and subsequent arrest by police.
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