And simply as we thought it was over, Montenegro pulls us again in. Do Kwon’s extradition has been delayed but once more by the nation’s Supreme Court docket, native information outlet Vijesti studies.
The courtroom introduced yesterday that it had postponed his deliberate extradition to South Korea and can decide if earlier Excessive Court docket and Appellate Court docket rulings had been authorized, as per a request “for the protection of the legality” from the Supreme State Prosecutor’s Workplace.
Counting the varied reversals, delays, appeals, filings, and approvals which have littered Do Kwon’s extradition journey, there have now been at the very least 20 back-and-forths since November final yr.
Over this era the Excessive Court docket and Appellate Court docket mixed have permitted Do’s extradition to the US twice, and South Korea 4 instances. The verdicts have been reversed 5 instances, and Do has submitted 5 appeals. Of those 5 appeals, he’s solely ever misplaced one.
Protos has put collectively a chart detailing the numerous twists and turns.
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Do Kwon lawyer says it’s a ‘judicial disgrace’
Do’s lawyer, Goran Radićhas, claims minister of justice, Andrej Milović, made an ‘illegal private promise’ to extradite Do to the US as an alternative of South Korea. He additionally referred to as the extradition course of a ‘judicial disgrace.’
In February, the Excessive Court docket dominated that the US submitted its extradition request first however the Appellate courtroom dominated in opposition to this on March 5, arguing it didn’t take into account two emails submitted earlier by South Korea.
In the latest developments, the Excessive Court docket dominated in June that Do may very well be extradited to South Korea. Do didn’t attraction this choice and on August 1, it was permitted by the Appellate Court docket.
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The Supreme Court docket could ship the ruling again to the Excessive Court docket for retrial because it did on April 5. Till then, Montenegrin police and the Ministry of Justice will chorus from extraditing Do.
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