Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou thanks supporters after a year under house arrest, noting how ‘time has slowed to a crawl’
- Under her bail terms, Meng has to wear an ankle monitor, abide by a 11pm to 6am curfew, and pay for 24-hour surveillance by a private security firm
Just over a year ago, Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s chief financial officer and founder Ren Zhengfei’s daughter, lived a busy life in Shenzhen, China, a southern coastal metropolis where the world’s largest telecommunications equipment company is headquartered.
Meng had a packed schedule, crammed with back-to-back meetings starting at breakfast and often going long into the night.
Today, her life has taken a 180-degree turn. Canadian police, at the behest of the US, apprehended Meng on charges of bank fraud in December last year while she was transiting in Canada. She was placed under house arrest, where she has remained for the past year as Canadian courts deliberate over her extradition to the US.
Over the last 12 months, time has slowed to a crawl for Meng.
“Now, time moves so slowly that I have more than enough time to finish reading a book,” Meng penned in a letter dated December 1, 2019. “It moves so slowly that I have enough time to discuss a trivial matter with colleagues, or meticulously complete an oil painting.
