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Tess McClure in Auckland

New Zealand allows resident to be extradited to China in landmark ruling

The New Zealand parliament in Wellington
The New Zealand parliament in Wellington. The supreme court decision sets a precedent for New Zealand which does not have an extradition treaty with China. Photograph: Dave Lintott/Rex/Shutterstock

New Zealand’s courts have ruled the government can extradite to China a man suspected of murder – a landmark ruling that, if it proceeds, will be the first time the country has sent a resident to face trial in China.

The courts had previously blocked the extradition of Kyung Yup Kim, a man accused of killing a young woman in Shanghai, citing the risk of torture and not receiving a fair trial.

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