NZ court rejects appeal in Shanghai case
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A COURT in New Zealand has rejected an appeal from a man challenging the government’s decision to extradite him to China.
New Zealand Justice Minister Amy Adams had twice ordered that South Korean-born New Zealand resident Kyung Yup Kim could be sent to China to face murder charges.
Both times Kim had appealed against the decision in the High Court.
Kim has denied the murder accusation, according to court documents.
Judge Jillian Mallon, who had accepted Kim’s first appeal last year, said yesterday that when Adams reconsidered she had sought extra information that allowed her to conclude Kim’s rights would be protected in China. A lawyer for Kim had told the High Court in April that New Zealand’s government could not rely on assurances from China that the man would not be tortured or receive the death penalty.
New Zealand agreed in December 2015 to extradite Kim to Shanghai on murder charges after the body of a 20-year-old woman, who had been strangled, was found in a field in the city in 2009.
China’s first extradition request to New Zealand comes as it is trying to drum up international support for the return of corruption suspects who have fled abroad.
Kim can appeal again.
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