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Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver, Canada
Canada has arrested the chief financial officer of China’s Huawei Technologies who is facing extradition to the United States on suspicion she violated U.S. trade sanctions against Iran.
Wanzhou Meng, who is also the deputy chair of Huawei’s board and the daughter of company founder Ren Zhengfei, was arrested in Vancouver at the request of U.S. authorities.
“Wanzhou Meng was arrested in Vancouver on December 1. She is sought for extradition by the United States, and a bail hearing has been set for Friday,” Justice department spokesperson Ian McLeod said in a statement to The Globe and Mail. “As there is a publication ban in effect, we cannot provide any further detail at this time. The ban was sought by Ms. Meng.
A Canadian source with knowledge of the arrest said U.S. law enforcement authorities are alleging that Ms. Meng tried to evade the U.S. trade embargo against Iran but provided no further details.
Also at The Register and c|net.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday December 06 2018, @09:10PM (2 children)
Slave owners were on the hook for medical bills and retirement
"On the hook" generally means they're required to provide those things.
Being allowed to shoot the slave in the head, instead of providing that healthcare and 401k, makes it pretty optional.
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 06 2018, @10:45PM
Slaves were really expensive to buy.
Breeding them was very profitable if they were good stock, and no you can't just breed that one best guy over and over because he realistically can't raise that many kids. Yes, you do want the slaves raised properly so they're more useful to you/disciplined. Yes, you do want them to have a family connection rather than being raised by a community so your threats against their loved one's hold weight.
Shooting them would be more expensive than not in terms of the trouble it would cause with one's other slaves. Seriously, when you own a small community you can't just slaughter their elders and expect the strong young men to placidly turn up to work. You can't practically maintain a security force more powerful than your slaves for cheaper than just using that security force for work instead of slaves.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 07 2018, @06:18AM
https://www.quora.com/Were-slaves-retired [quora.com]