'Bag Child Corpse' New Zealand Woman to Face Extradition Hearing on the 14th of Next Month

On the morning of the 15th of last month, Ms. A, a woman in her 40s who was arrested as a suspect in the 'child's body in a bag' case in New Zealand, was leaving the Ulsan Jungbu Police Station to be transferred to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office. Ms. A is accused of murdering her two biological children, aged 7 and 10, in Auckland, New Zealand, around 2018. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The Seoul High Prosecutors' Office announced on the 31st that it has filed a request for extradition review with the court for A, a Korean-New Zealand woman identified as a suspect in the 'Child's Body in a Bag Case.'

The Criminal Division 20 of the Seoul High Court (Presiding Judges Jeong Seon-jae, Kang Hyo-won, Kim Gwang-nam) plans to hold a hearing for A on the 14th of next month at 2 p.m.

New Zealand police launched an investigation into a murder case after the bodies of two children were found inside a suitcase sold at a warehouse auction last August. Local police identified A, known as the biological mother of the deceased children, as the prime suspect and pursued her.

A immigrated to New Zealand, obtained local citizenship, and after the incident, entered South Korea and lived in hiding before being arrested last month in Ulsan.

The Ministry of Justice received a criminal extradition request from the New Zealand Ministry of Justice for A's repatriation and, finding reasonable grounds to suspect that A committed the alleged crimes, ordered the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office to request an extradition review.

The court in charge of the extradition review must decide on the extradition within two months. The review is a single-instance process with no appeal. Usually, the decision to grant or deny extradition is made through a written review, but a hearing may be held if necessary. If the court grants extradition and the Minister of Justice approves it, A will be sent back to New Zealand.

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