Extradition

Beijing's late move in extradition fight over fugitive accountant revealed

3 Mar 2013

A Spanish court freed a fugitive accountant wanted by Hong Kong over an alleged multimillion-dollar fraud despite an eleventh-hour intervention by Beijing, the Sunday Morning Post has learned.

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Extradition refusal reflects poorly on Spain

20 Feb 2013

Hong Kong has regrettably lost a long-running battle in the Spanish courts to have a high-profile fugitive accountant sent back for trial in connection with an alleged multimillion-dollar fraud...

Rimsky Yuen to 'follow up' on extradition deal with Macau

8 Jan 2013

Hong Kong's justice chief says he will work towards an agreement for the extradition of criminals between Hong Kong and Macau.

South Korea turns down Japanese extradition request over Chinese arsonist

4 Jan 2013

A South Korean court has turned down a Japanese extradition request for a Chinese national who served a 10-month jail sentence for an arson attack on the Japanese embassy in Seoul.

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Briton extradited to Thailand for murder trial

2 Dec 2012

A British man wanted on suspicion of murdering a former US Marine has arrived in the resort town of Phuket for trial in what Thai police said Sunday is the first-ever case of extradition of a...

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Lawyers for Hong Kong fugitive in Spanish jail says he could soon be freed

A former top Hong Kong accountant who has spent the past two years battling extradition to the city from Spain could be freed from prison "within two or three months'', according to one of his...

Abu Hamza faces extradition to US as Britain's High Court dismisses appeal

Britain said it would seek to extradite Islamist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri to the United States as soon as possible after the one-eyed radical preacher yesterday failed in a last-ditch legal...

British court freezes Abu Hamza extradition

A British High Court judge Wednesday halted the extradition of Abu Hamza to the United States after the radical Islamist preacher lodged a last-ditch legal appeal, the Judiciary Office said.

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Mummy's little darling, Julian Assange, should go to Sweden to face accusers

Christine Assange, mother of Julian, tugged at our heartstrings a couple of weeks ago - as was her intention - when she was depicted in the news media holding up a photograph of her son at four...

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Top fugitive surrenders to police after 8 years

One of the country's top fugitives, who was behind a 1 billion yuan bank fraud, has surrendered to mainland police after nearly eight years of self-imposed exile in Canada, the Ministry of Public...

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