NZ Resident Kyung Yup Kim Continues 13-Year Fight Against Extradition to Beijing

After a 13-year battle to avoid extradition to Beijing to face a charge of murdering Peiyun Chen in Shanghai in 2009, New Zealand resident and South Korean citizen Kyung Yup Kim faces yet another legal hurdle. This follows confirmation from Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith that he had signed a surrender order, which would allow Chinese authorities to fly to New Zealand and arrest him. Beijing initially wrote to the New Zealand government seeking his extradition in 2011, which was initially approved by the national government. However, Mr. Kim’s lawyers challenged the order, citing concerns about the integrity of the Chinese judicial process and the fairness of its legal system....