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Highly unusual nature of case risks compromising the integrity of Canada's justice system

Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei, leaves her home to attend a court hearing in Vancouver on Sept. 29. She is the subject of a U.S. extradition request that has caused serious foreign relations issues for Canada with both the U.S. and China. (Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press)

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Mo Vayeghan is a Vancouver-based criminal defence lawyer and a former Crown prosecutor in British Columbia. He holds a Master’s degree in law from Columbia Law School in New York City. He is the founder of Vayeghan Litigation, a criminal defence and immigration law firm in Vancouver.

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