No, the RCMP Didn't Do Anything Wrong in Arresting Meng Wanzhou

The Crown puts its case forward:

Canadian officials followed the law when they detained Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver's airport and the defence has no proof to substantiate its "conspiracy theory" that she was illegally arrested, the Crown says.

The Attorney General of Canada says in court documents released Monday that there's no evidence to suggest that the RCMP or the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States asked border agents to elicit information from Meng during the detainment.

"There is no evidence that lends an air of reality to these allegations, nor is there evidence that would suggest there is any documentation that would substantiate these allegations," it says.

Meng, whose arrest has sparked a diplomatic crisis between Canada and China, returned to British Columbia Supreme Court on Monday where her lawyers are asking for documents that they say would support their allegations.

The Huawei chief financial officer was arrested on Dec. 1, 2018, during a stopover in Vancouver on her way to Mexico. The arrest was at the request of the United States, which is seeking her extradition on fraud charges.

The U.S. alleges that Meng misrepresented facts to HSBC regarding Huawei's business dealings in Iran, which put the bank at risk of prosecution for violating sanctions against the country.

Both Meng and the Chinese tech giant have denied any wrongdoing and none of the allegations have been tested in court.

The court released hundreds of pages of documents on Monday, including the Crown's written reply to the defence's request for documents and surveillance video without sound showing Meng speaking with agents from the Canada Border Services Agency at the airport.

In its reply, the Crown says border agents followed proper procedure in examining Meng and her goods to determine her admissibility to Canada and her charter rights were not breached.

It says the border agency is empowered by law to examine a traveller's cellphones, and in this case they placed Meng's phones in evidence bags and requested her passcodes but ultimately decided against looking through the devices.

The RCMP also followed procedure by waiting to execute the provisional arrest warrant until after border officials had suspended their examination of Meng, it says, adding that the Mounties legally seized her phones at that point.

Officials and solemn declarations by the RCMP and border service officers record their encounter with Meng, the Crown adds.

"If the CBSA and RCMP together have engaged in a 'well-coordinated scheme' and 'strategically drafted' their notes to conceal misconduct, why would the RCMP ... record the contents of their meeting in detail?" the Crown asks.

Just send her to the US and let the Americans deal with her.