Australian citizen Daniel Duggan will be extradited to the US to face charges of training Chinese military personnel. The decision has devastated his family, particularly during the Christmas season.
Australia has agreed to send a father-of-six and citizen into the Trump-led US justice system on allegations he unlawfully helped China, devastating his family on the eve of Christmas. Daniel Duggan faces up to 60 years in prison for allegedly training Chinese military personnel in South Africa after leaving the US Marine Corps. Federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus on Monday confirmed he has approved extradition, long fought by the Australian citizen of 12 years.
Duggan had made a last-ditch attempt to avoid prosecution in the US, sending an 89-page submission to Dreyfus after a NSW magistrate ruled in May he was eligible for extradition . Charges and an indictment were first filed in a sealed court case in 2017 under the first Trump administration. But Australian authorities did not arrest Duggan until 2022, as he walked through a supermarket car park in regional NSW. Extradition is expected to take place between 1 January and 17 February after the family said it received an undertaking it would not occur in the days around Christmas. Duggan's high-profile lawyer Bernard Collaery said he expected the Albanese government to respect the lives of all concerned and ensure no sudden action was taken. 'Perhaps Australia's Ambassador to the United States Mr Kevin Rudd could convey the same message to the (incoming second) Trump Administration,' he said. 'This is now family time.' The Duggan family said it had been devastated since being told about the extradition approval on Friday. 'We are shocked and absolutely heartbroken by this callous and inhumane decision which has been delivered just before Christmas with no explanation or justification from the government,' wife Saffrine Duggan said in a statement. 'We are now considering our options. It is very difficult to explain to the children why this is happening to their father, especially now, at this time of year'
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