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China blasts ‘inhumane’ treatment of Huawei executive
BEIJING, Dec 10, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – China on Monday protested Canada’s
“inhumane” treatment of an executive of telecom giant Huawei who is being
held on a US extradition bid, citing reports she was not getting sufficient
medical care.
Huawei’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, has filed court papers in
Vancouver arguing she should be released on bail from her Canadian jail.
In a sworn affidavit, the 46-year-old woman said she has been treated in a
Canadian hospital for hypertension since she was arrested on December 1 for
possible extradition.
China’s state-run Global Times newspaper reported, without citing sources,
that “it seems that the Canadian detention facility is not offering her the
necessary health care.”
“We believe this is inhumane and violates her human rights,” foreign
ministry spokesman Lu Kang said at a regular press briefing, citing such
reports.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1515 hrs