Huawei sues HSBC in Hong Kong for documents US 'wilfully withheld' in extradition request

The Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei is suing HSBC in Hong Kong after a case it brought in English courts was dismissed. The company is seeking documents from the bank which it says the United States possesses but “deliberately and wilfully withheld” when requesting the extradition of its chief financial officer, Meng Wenzhou, from Canada – where she was arrested upon arrival at Vancouver International Airport in 2018. It says the documents include a presentation that Ms Meng delivered to HSBC executives in Hong Kong in 2013, making it a fitting jurisdiction for the claim. The first hearing for the case…