Sydney judge says US ex-fighter pilot accused of training Chinese aviators can be extradited to US
- Daniel Duggan, a former US marine and Australian citizen, may be extradited to the United States for illegally training Chinese fighter pilots. He denies the politically-motivated charges.
- Australian magistrate Daniel Reiss ordered Duggan to stay in prison following accusations of violating US arms-control laws and training Chinese military personnel without proper authorization.
- Duggan has been in a maximum-security prison in New South Wales since his arrest by US government request in 2022. Prosecutors claim he provided training to Chinese military pilots without the required license.
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Australian court says ex-US Marine pilot allegedly training China’s military ‘eligible’ for extradition
SYDNEY, May 24 — An ex-US Marine pilot accused of illegally training China’s military is “eligible” for surrender to the United States, an Australian magistrate ruled today. Daniel Edmund Duggan was arrested in Australia in October 2022 at the request of the US government, which accuses him of breaking arms control laws. It alleges he illegally trained Chinese military pilots between 2010 and 2012, after he left the military. Duggan has denied t…
Ex-US Marine accused of training Chinese pilots can be extradited: Sydney judge
Daniel Duggan was arrested in Australia in October 2022 at the request of the US government, which accuses him of breaking arms control laws, by illegally training Chinese military pilots after he left the military.
Sydney judge says US ex-fighter pilot accused of training Chinese aviators can be extradited to US
SYDNEY (AP) — A Sydney judge has ruled that former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan can be extradited to the United States on allegations he illegally trained Chinese aviators, leaving the attorney-general as Duggan’s last hope of remaining in Australia. The Boston-born 55-year-old on Friday will remain in custody awaiting extradition, his lawyers say they will make submissions to Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus on why the pilot should not be…
Sydney judge says US ex-fighter pilot accused of training Chinese aviators can be extradited to US
SYDNEY (AP) — A Sydney judge has ruled that former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan can be extradited to the United States on allegations he illegally trained Chinese aviators, leaving the attorney-general as Duggan’s last hope of remaining in Australia. The Boston-born 55-year-old on Friday will remain in custody awaiting extradition, his lawyers say they will make submissions to Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus on why the pilot should not be…

Sydney judge says US ex-fighter pilot accused of training Chinese aviators can be extradited to US
A Sydney judge has ruled that former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan can be extradited to the United States on allegations he illegally trained Chinese aviators, leaving the attorney-general
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