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Inside the home during almost all hours of the day, equipped with a GPS ankle bracelet, is Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies, who is facing U.S. charges in connection to alleged violations of trade sanctions on Iran. Meng is out on bail while she awaits her next court appearance on Feb. 6. and eventually the conclusion of an extradition process that could take months or even years.

The terms of Meng’s $10 million bail restrict her travel to Vancouver, Richmond and parts of the North Shore between the hours of 6 a.m. and 11 p.m. But for two days earlier this week, the security guards needed hardly leave their vehicles to ensure Meng did not violate those terms.

They spent their days speaking to one another through two-way radios, periodically peering through a gate at the side of the house, keeping track of the arrivals and departures of approved visitors in a log book that was often placed at the front door, and intervening when strangers approached the house.

Photo by Francis Georgian / PNG

On Wednesday, the guards approved the entry of four men who delivered from a pair of Paramount Home Design moving truckstwo grey, round backed couches and a metal end table. Later, they watched as a separate group of men left Meng’s home carrying a rolled up rug.

The guards seemed friendly and jovial. They joked with Postmedia about not expecting much to happen, but they would not say whether Meng tended to leave the house much.