Hong Kong – Post hand-over extradition arrangements put to the test

John Reading (Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions, Department of Justice, Hong Kong) comments on ways in which the effectiveness of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s extradition arrangements and status have been tested in the decision of the High Court of Australia in matter of Attorney-General (Commonwealth) v Tse Chu-Fai [1998] 72 ALJR 782. Published in the Letter from … section of Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.