VANCOUVER: Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and her lawyers returned to a Canadian court on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) to press for her release, arguing that the United States, by omitting key facts, blatantly misled Canada about her alleged crimes to secure her arrest.

The defense started the five-day hearing by saying that the crux of the US charges against Meng — that she hid Huawei’s relationship with former subsidiary Skycom in Iran from HSBC bank — is false and lacks context.

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