While the two Michaels languished in prison, Meng Wanzhou lived in a mansion during her extradition fight
in December 2018 was abandoned. They were hostages after all. Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor had been detained nine days after Meng Wanzhou, a Huawei executive, was taken into custody in Canada on behalf of America on charges related to the alleged violation of Iran sanctions. On Saturday morning in China, 1,020 days later, the “two Michaels”, as they became known, were freed from prison and boarded a plane to Canada, just as Ms Meng was flying from Vancouver to China.
The Justice Department said Ms Meng had confirmed “the crux” of their case, which was that she and her colleagues at Huawei “engaged in a concerted effort to deceive global financial institutions, the US government and the public about Huawei’s activities in Iran.” Three hours later, in British Columbia, a judge freed Ms Meng from the very loose form of house arrest she had been serving while fighting extradition to America.
Canadian authorities had initially detained Ms Meng at the request of the Justice Department on December 1st, 2018, while she was in transit at Vancouver International Airport. Nine days later the two Michaels were detained by Chinese authorities, supposedly on suspicion of “endangering state security”, spurring an international outcry. In March this year they were each tried on espionage-related charges in separate trials.
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