Defence lawyer Richard Peck said he didn’t buy Yep’s testimony that he was worried about passenger safety or that he didn’t know what Meng was capable of. In addition to the alleged violation of Meng's rights during her arrest, her lawyers also claim that U.S. President Donald Trump planned to use her as a bargaining chip in a trade war with China. Const. Border services officer Scott Kirkland, who began testifying Wednesday, said it would be an abuse of CBSA power for officers to ask questions that would support criminal investigations. It reads, “You are hereby commanded to immediately arrest Wanzhou Meng,” but the RCMP’s Yep testified he took that to mean as soon as practically possible. Meng’s lawyers plan to use what they learn from the cross-examination of these witnesses when they go before Justice Heather Holmes in February 2021 and argue the extradition case against their client should be halted. Senior Reporter, CTV News Vancouver. 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READ MORE: The CBSA officer responsible for Meng Wanzhou's phone passcodes being obtained by the RCMP forcefully denied Friday any suggestion of a conspiracy between police and the border agency. Friday's proceedings ended with the beginning of testimony from Kirkland's supervisor on the day of Meng's arrest: CBSA Supt. Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday. Both Kirkland and McRae said the CBSA's internal system had flagged Meng because of the arrest warrant, and that some Googling led them to conclude she could be a "national security" risk for espionage related to Huawei. READ MORE: Meng was also carrying a MacBook and iPad. They will be looking for gaps and inconsistencies in testimony that may help prove their allegations of a “covert criminal investigation” among authorities. She and Huawei have repeatedly denied the charges. She is living under a form of house arrest after being granted bail on $10 million in the days after her initial arrest. Winston Yep, the Mountie who eventually arrested Meng after she was questioned by CBSA officers for nearly three hours, gave two reasons in sworn testimony: First, YVR international arrivals was CBSA’s jurisdiction; and second, he was concerned about public safety. China has charged two Canadians, former diplomat Michael Kovrig and entrepreneur Michael Spavor with spying. Kirkland told a B.C. Didn’t CBSA confiscate them? "Yeah, I've had a constant headache for the last three days.". Kirkland testified that he took possession of Meng’s Huawei phone and her iPhone in the jetway. Kirkland answered. Instead, once Meng was turned over to Mounties, that loose sheet of paper ended up in the hands of the RCMP. He insisted that police would normally have to go through an official process to obtain any information that came out of a CBSA examination. man who thought Canada Dry ginger ale had medicinal properties settled for $200K, Possible public COVID-19 exposure at Surrey restaurant, health authority warns, U.S. scientists study Asian giant hornet nest, GOP senator cancels debate after takedown. He said had he realized he’d left it on the counter with Meng’s devices, he would have “grabbed it back.”. Canada Border Services Agency officer Scott Kirkland was the man who obtained the passcode that unlocked both Meng Wanzhou's phones; he wrote it down on a piece of paper. From a political perspective, UBC’s Byers says if defence can demonstrate there was a conspiracy by U.S. and Canadian authorities, “that will strengthen the government of China’s assertions that this was cooked up … that this is not a regular extradition, that this was a political move directed against China.”. The RCMP officer who obtained the extradition warrant said he respected the CBSA's jurisdiction over the airport, and the CBSA witnesses insisted that once they were informed of Meng's impending arrival, they realized they would have to conduct their own examination for immigration admissibility reasons. "That doesn't make any sense. Though Byers cautioned: “That’s not necessarily improper.”. Please note that CBC does not endorse the opinions expressed in comments. In his testimony, which will continue Thursday morning, Kirkland said he didn’t have any direct contact with U.S. authorities about the case, nor did he share any information with foreign law enforcement. By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or in part, in any manner CBC chooses. And this week, the judge overseeing the case, Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes, also gave the defence a green light to argue that the U.S. tried to mislead Canada by omitting details that show the case against her is weak. But Duckett pointed out that the CBSA never completed its examination and didn't search Meng's phones. According to police, investigators received a 911 call about a home being broken into on West 28th Avenue near Crown Street around 5:30 a.m. Pacific time. Yep also refuted that the plan had “changed” and testified it was just a “suggestion” from a supervisor one day earlier to take Meng into custody onboard the aircraft. Supreme Court on Friday. The property on West 28th Avenue is one of two in the city that Meng … Both RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) deny any wrongdoing. Kirkland testified that, as the assisting agent, he and his CBSA colleague wanted to ask questions that surrounded national security and criminal concerns that would help them decide whether Meng was admissible to Canada. The evidence gleaned from RCMP and CBSA testimony will be used at a hearing in February when Meng's lawyers plan to argue that the case should be tossed because of three different types of abuse of process.
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