Canada does itself no favors as long-arm tool: China Daily editorial

As of Tuesday, Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei, had been illegally detained in Canada for two years.

Meng's ordeal over the past two years has made it clear that as long as the efforts to win her freedom are made within the framework of the Canadian legal system, the initiative will be in Ottawa's hand.

Considering the impudence it has demonstrated in manipulating the rule of law, despite taking such pride in the independence of its justice system, it is no wonder Canada was the only country among those the United States asked to detain Meng that was willing to serve as the tool for the US' long-arm jurisdiction.

That Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last month that he does not regret the green light he gave to Meng's arrest has merely reaffirmed Canada is a faithful follower of the US, rather than his confidence that Meng's is a genuine legal case. Which it is not, since it is nothing more than a political kidnapping.

The longer Meng is held in Canada, the more loopholes in the country's administrative and judicial systems will be exposed, and the more interests it will sacrifice for unquestioningly doing the bidding of the US. As President Donald Trump stated, Meng's case was supposed to be on one of his cards in the US' trade negotiations with China at the height of the two countries' struggle to reach a trade deal.

The ups and downs of the Sino-US trade talks, as well as the rising tensions between Beijing and Ottawa, have served to drive home the actuality that Meng's case has done nothing but a disservice to its plotter and follower, and to justice.

The phone call Chinese Ambassador to Canada Cong Peiwu made to Meng on Monday — in which he told her that China will continue to urge Canada to correct its wrong and make the correct decision to release her as soon as possible — means that, despite the calmness it has exercised in dealing with relations with Canada, China will by no means brook the settlement of Meng's case being indefinitely delayed.

In a statement it issued on Tuesday, Huawei said that it still believes Canada's judicial system can arrive at the conclusion that Meng is innocent, indicating it will continue to support Meng in her legal battle.

In light of how the case has proceeded over the past two years, it is believed that more misconduct by the law enforcement forces in Meng's case will be exposed, further laying bare Ottawa's hypocrisy.

To hide the evil nature of the case and pack it as a normal economic lawsuit, the Canadian prosecutors will have to fabricate new lies to cover the old ones. None of which will alter the fact that Meng has been arrested on trumped up charges.