News Formal

‘New facts’ halt extradition of Mozambique’s former finance minister

  • 📰 BDliveSA
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 59 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 27%
  • Publisher: 63%

Sverige Nyheter Nyheter

Manuel Chang enjoys double immunity in terms of Mozambican law

Mozambique's former finance minister Manuel Chang was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport on December 29 last year for his alleged involvement in fraudulent loans to Mozambican state firms. Picture: AFP/ NICHOLAS KAMM

Minister of justice and correctional services Ronald Lamola authorised the director-general of the department of justice and constitutional development, Vusi Madonsela, to file papers in response to Chang’s urgent application to be surrendered to the Mozambique authorities. The immunity suggested that extradition to Mozambique would contravene the SADC Protocol, South African Constitution and the Extradition Act, rendering the decision to extradite illegal, the ministry said.According to the statement, “the SA Extradition Act requires that the person to be extradited should have been charged for the crimes he is alleged to have committed. In Chang's case it is not the case since his immunities were not yet lifted.

Chang, 63, was Mozambique's finance minister from 2005 to 2015. He was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on December 29 last year for his alleged involvement in $2bn in fraudulent loans to Mozambican state firms. that the Mozambican government took out loans amounting to $2bn to buy a tuna fishing fleet and surveillance ships, but hid the transaction from parliament and international donors.

 

Tack för din kommentar. Din kommentar kommer att publiceras efter att ha granskats.
Vi har sammanfattat den här nyheten så att du kan läsa den snabbt. Om du är intresserad av nyheterna kan du läsa hela texten här. Läs mer:

 /  🏆 12. in SE

Sverige Senaste nytt, Sverige Rubriker

Similar News:Du kan också läsa nyheter som liknar den här som vi har samlat in från andra nyhetskällor.

‘New facts’ halt extradition of Mozambique’s former finance ministerNew information revealed that Manuel Chang enjoys double immunity in terms of Mozambican law
Källa: BDliveSA - 🏆 12. / 63 Läs mer »

Mozambican ex-finance minister's extradition halted by 'new set of facts' | IOL NewsThe extradition of former Mozambique finance minister and member of parliament Manuel Chang to Mozambique has been halted 'by a new set of facts'.
Källa: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Läs mer »

'New facts' halt extradition of former Mozambique finance ministerAccording to a statement by the ministry of justice and correctional services, released on Saturday, the new information revealed that Chang enjoys double immunity in terms of Mozambican law.
Källa: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Läs mer »