Status of the extradition case of Chung Yoo-ra
The 20-year-old South Korean woman, Chung Yoo-ra, has appealed the district court’s decision to remand her in custody. Meanwhile, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is still awaiting the formal extradition request from the South Korean authorities. The following is an update on the current status of the extradition case against Chung Yoo-ra and how the case may proceed.
Update Thuesday 5.24 AM: Western High Court has decided that Chung Yoo-ra is to remain in custody for four weeks.
Chung Yoo-ra has appealed the district court’s decision
Chung Yoo-ra of South Korea has appealed the district court’s decision, by which she was remanded in custody for four weeks, to the Western High Court. The High Court will now decide on whether to uphold the decision to remand Chung Yoo-ra in custody.
The High Court typically makes its decision on the basis of written submissions from the prosecutor and the defence counsel. Thus, the High Court is not expected to hold a hearing in which the case is dealt with orally. The prosecutor expects that the Western High Court will make a decision within a relatively short time.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is awaiting a formal extradition request
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is still awaiting a formal extradition request from the South Korean authorities. When the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions receives this request, the extradition case proceedings can begin.
Deputy Diector Mohammad Ahsan from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions says:
»How long it takes us to reach a decision in the extradition case is partly dependent on when we receive the necessary documents from South Korea. My best guess is that the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions will be able to make a decision within a few weeks after we have obtained all of the sufficient information from South Korea,«
The Danish Extradition Act
In order for Chung Yoo-ra to be extradited to South Korea, all conditions of the Danish Extradition Act must be met.
»The case is being treated with the same respect for Danish law as in any other extradition case. There are procedures that we must follow, but of course we are processing the case as efficiently as possible,« says Deputy Director Mohammad Ahsan from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
You can find a Danish version of the Danish Extradition Act hereThe decision can be appealed to the courts
If the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions decides that Chung Yoo-ra can be extradited to South Korea, that decision can be appealed to the courts.
In this case, the appeal will first be brought before a district court, after which it can also be appealed to the High Court.
For more information, contact Simon Gosvig, Communications Consultant for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, on +45 72 68 90 54 or at sgo@ankl.dk.
