The alleged former UN Gang leader had been on the run for more than a decade after being wanted in the 2009 shooting death of Kevin Leclair.

Experts say Wednesday's decision to continue the Chinese executive's fight against U.S. extradition remains amid the first few chapters of what could potentially be a long, drawn-out case.

Canadian Ambassador to China John McCallum is walking back comments he made earlier in the week suggesting that detained Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou had a strong case to avoid extradition to the United States.