Mountie says he suggested meeting with CBSA on Meng arrest to avoid ‘problems’

Nov 27, 2020 | 5:06 PM

VANCOUVER — The Mountie who says he warned against arresting Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou by boarding her plane when it landed in Vancouver says he made his own decision to come into the airport and help that day. 

Sgt. Ross Lundie agreed under cross-examination at a B.C. Supreme Court hearing that the RCMP members making the arrest in December 2018 did not ask him to be present that day.

But he says when the arresting officers called him the night before the incident asking for advice, he suggested they arrange a meeting with Canada Border Services Agency officials for the next morning and decided he would attend.

Lundie, a national security officer based at the airport, says he understood it was an important arrest and wanted to ensure that it went smoothly.