The Supreme Court docket of the southeastern European nation of Montenegro is once more suspending Terra (LUNA) co-founder Do Kwon’s extradition to South Korea.
In line with a report from Montenegrin information outlet Vijesti, Montenegro’s Supreme Court docket has halted the extradition resulting from a request for “safety of legality” introduced forth by Kwon’s camp.
In line with an announcement from Montenegro’s highest courtroom,
“At as we speak’s session of the council, a Choice was adopted which determines the postponement of the execution of the choice of the Excessive Court docket in Podgorica and the Court docket of Enchantment of Montenegro, till the choice of the Supreme Court docket on the Request for the safety of legality, which will probably be made inside the authorized deadline.”
That is the second time the southeastern European Supreme Court docket has postponed Kwon’s extradition to South Korea this yr.
In March, they first pumped the brakes on extradition, claiming the decrease courts didn’t observe the legislation once they initially authorised of Kwon’s extradition.
Earlier in the identical month, Kwon’s extradition to the US was additionally revoked resulting from procedural violations.
Then, in June, the Excessive Court docket of Podgorica dominated that Kwon must 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 courtroom introduced its assist for the Excessive Court docket’s ruling and likewise famous that there was no attraction in opposition to its resolution.
Nonetheless, final week, an appellate courtroom 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 going through felony costs in the US and South Korea associated to the multibillion-dollar downfall of Terra and its stablecoin.
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