The Supreme Courtroom of the southeastern European nation of Montenegro is once more suspending Terra (LUNA) co-founder Do Kwon’s extradition to South Korea.
Based on a report from Montenegrin information outlet Vijesti, Montenegro’s Supreme Courtroom has halted the extradition attributable to a request for “safety of legality” introduced forth by Kwon’s camp.
Based on a press release from Montenegro’s highest court docket,
“At as we speak’s session of the council, a Determination was adopted which determines the postponement of the execution of the choice of the Excessive Courtroom in Podgorica and the Courtroom of Attraction of Montenegro, till the choice of the Supreme Courtroom on the Request for the safety of legality, which will probably be made throughout the authorized deadline.”
That is the second time the southeastern European Supreme Courtroom has postponed Kwon’s extradition to South Korea this 12 months.
In March, they first pumped the brakes on extradition, claiming the decrease courts didn’t comply with the regulation once they initially accepted of Kwon’s extradition.
Earlier in the identical month, Kwon’s extradition to the USA was additionally revoked attributable to procedural violations.
Then, in June, the Excessive Courtroom of Podgorica dominated that Kwon needs to be handed over to South Korea and never the US because the extradition request from Kwon’s homeland arrived sooner than that of the US.
On the time, the appellate court docket introduced its help for the Excessive Courtroom’s ruling and likewise famous that there was no enchantment towards its resolution.
Nevertheless, final week, an appellate court docket in Montenegro upheld the preliminary resolution of the decrease courts on Kwon’s extradition.
Kwon was arrested in Montenegro in March 2023 after making an attempt to board a flight to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with a solid Costa Rican passport. He’s dealing with prison expenses in the USA and South Korea associated to the multibillion-dollar downfall of Terra and its stablecoin.
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