North Korean In Malaysia Loses Final Appeal Against US Extradition

Putrajaya, Malaysia, March 9 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 9th Mar, 2021 ) :A North Korean man is set to be extradited from Malaysia to face money laundering charges in the United States after losing a final legal challenge on Tuesday.

Mun Chol Myong, who has lived in the Southeast Asian country for a decade with his family, was arrested in 2019 following the extradition request from Washington.

He denies FBI claims that he led a criminal group that violated sanctions by supplying prohibited items to North Korea and laundered funds through front companies.

Mun challenged the move to extradite him, with his lawyers arguing he was an innocent man caught in the middle of diplomatic tensions between Washington and Pyongyang.

But the country's top court rejected his final appeal, saying all requirements under the extradition agreement between the United States and Malaysia had been met.

Prosecutor Mohamad Dusuki Mokhtar earlier told the court that it was the government's "duty to facilitate the extradition".