Border officer tells BC Supreme Court he didn't intend to share passcodes for Meng Wanzhou's phones with RCMP

A border officer who assisted in the three hour detention and examination of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou before her arrest at Vancouver's airport two years ago says collecting the phone passcodes is routine during secondary examinations of foreign nationals.

Scott Kirkland told the BC Supreme Court he didn't intend to share passcodes for her phones with RCMP.

But if he realized at the time that the piece of paper where he wrote them would be passed on to RCMP along with her devices, he would have acted immediately.

Kirkland is the second in a series of witnesses called to testify at the request of Meng's defence team, which is gathering evidence for arguments it will make next year that she was subjected to an abuse of process.

The defence has alleged there was a ``co-ordinated strategy'' to have the RCMP delay her arrest so border officials could question Meng under the pretence of a routine immigration exam.