New Zealand court halts first extradition to China

After an eight-year battle, an Auckland man wanted for murder in China has been spared extradition from New Zealand.

Former Justice Minister Amy Adams twice approved extradition, after China gave assurances Kim would not be executed. Kim, who moved to New Zealand at 14, denies the charge and has repeatedly challenged the extradition, raising concerns about the risk of torture. Ellis has spent nearly a decade on the case. He argued New Zealand could not trust Chinese assurances about Kim and he raised concerns about the use of torture in China.he was never allowed to cross-examine them."New Zealand has obligations under international law to refuse to return a person to a jurisdiction in which they will be at substantial risk of torture or where they will not receive a fair trial," Justice Helen Winkelmann of the Court of Appeal said.

Strange timing, with the extradition law about to be passed in HK.

Does this mean NZ protects murderers?

I wonder if Australia would do the same. Or perhaps Scombag would throw you into the lion's den at the first opportunity.

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