Politicians from Australia and European nations have penned a joint letter to the New Zealand (NZ) parliament urging against the extradition of a man to China.
They warn that the credibility of diplomatic assurances by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been “consistently proven empty” and that by allowing the extradition to go forward, it would be setting a “dangerous precedent” that may have far reaching implications beyond the borders of NZ.
Twenty-one members of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), including one NZ member of parliament, wrote in concern for the extradition of Kyung Yup Kim, a NZ permanent resident who moved to the country in 1989.