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Justin Trudeau says no political interference in Huawei arrest

Name: Justin Trudeau says no political interference in Huawei arrest
Uploaded: 2018-12-07T06:02:39.755Z
Duration: 1 min 1 s
Channel: Financial Times
Description: China urges immediate release of chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the arrest in Vancouver of Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer, was not a political matter after China demanded her release

December 7, 2018

Footage by Reuters.

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I can assure everyone that we are a country of an independent judiciary. And the appropriate authorities took the decisions in this case without any political involvement or interference, as must be the case. However, this is a case, obviously, before the courts, upon which there is a publication ban. And it would be inappropriate for me to comment further.