Meng Wanzhou (Photo: AFP)

Meng Wanzhou gained a staged victory in her latest battle against extradition to the US, as the Canadian judge sided with lawyers of the Huawei senior executive to allow them to pursue their claims that the US misled Canada on the basics of the case and agreed to allow the introduction of new evidence, according to the latest court file.

In accordance with the latest ruling, Meng, the 48-year-old executive who is also daughter of Ren Zhengfei, founder of Huawei, will be permitted to provide additional evidence in order to prove that the US omitted some key components of the case that could challenge the reliability of their extradition request, the Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes wrote in the ruling.

It can also be seen as a successful move by Huawei to target the essence of the case, which is the reliability of charges made by the US, which could become one of the reasons to end the extradition case, according to some observers.

Chinese authorities widely view the case as a political manoeuver by the US.

The latest progress puts HSBC under the spotlight again in China, as it has already drawn a lot of criticism with some observers indicating previously that the British bank may face a "dead end" once its role of conspiracy with the US is confirmed.

Meng was arrested at Vancouver International Airport in December 2018 by Canadian authorities at the request of the US for allegedly violating US law. She faces fraud charges and the US Justice Department announced in January 2019 that it would formally seek the extradition of Meng to the US.

The latest ruling was made following Meng's defense team arguing that the ongoing extradition proceedings constitute an abuse of process that should therefore be terminated. Particularly, the documents provided by the US to Canada contained material omissions and misrepresentatives, the defense team said in September.

The senior executive is charged with fraud in the US on allegations that she lied to British bank HSBC concerning Chinese tech giant Huawei's relationship with its former subsidiary Skycom in Iran, which was accused of violating US sanctions on Iran.

The US authorities have provided a record of the case concerning slides from a PowerPoint presentation Meng gave an HSBC executive in Hong Kong in August 2013, which is widely considered a key document in proving Meng lied about Huawei's relationship with Skycom.

However, Meng's lawyers claim that the US deliberately omitted two slides from the PowerPoint, which showed that Meng didn't mislead the bank.