New Zealand Requests Extradition of 'Bag Corpse' Criminal from Government

A woman in her 40s, identified as Ms. A, who was arrested by Ulsan Jungbu Police Station as a suspect in the 'child's body in a bag' case from New Zealand, is leaving the building last month to be transferred to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] New Zealand has requested the extradition of a New Zealand national woman, Ms. A, who was arrested in South Korea in connection with the 'Child's Body in a Bag Case' that occurred in New Zealand.

The Ministry of Justice announced on the 27th that it had received an extradition request from the New Zealand Ministry of Justice for Ms. A. After review, the Ministry of Justice found reasonable grounds to suspect that Ms. A committed the crime subject to the request and ordered the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office to initiate an extradition examination.

The Seoul High Prosecutors' Office plans to request an extradition examination from the Seoul High Court, which has exclusive jurisdiction. If the court approves the extradition and Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon makes the final decision, Ms. A will be sent back to New Zealand.

Ms. A, a woman in her 40s accused of murdering her two children aged 7 and 10 in Auckland, New Zealand around 2018, was arrested by police on the 15th of last month at an apartment in Ulsan. According to the police, Ms. A immigrated to New Zealand and acquired local nationality, but after the crime, she entered South Korea and lived in hiding. It is known that her husband previously died of illness in New Zealand.

New Zealand police began investigating the case as a murder after two elementary school students' bodies were found inside a bag purchased at an online auction by a resident of Auckland in August. After receiving a cooperation request regarding Ms. A, the Korean National Police Agency collaborated with New Zealand Interpol to track her whereabouts through her domestic stay records, medical records, and phone numbers. Recently, the Criminal Team of the Jungbu Police Station in Ulsan obtained intelligence on Ms. A's location, confirmed surrounding CCTV footage, and after a stakeout, secured her custody on that day.

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