Manuel Chang formally detained by the Mozambican judicial authorities – Rádio Moçambique

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Manuel Chang formally detained by the Mozambican judicial authorities – Rádio Moçambique

12:54 CAT | 08 Mar 2019

File photo: RM

Former finance minister and deputy Manuel Chang was formally detained in South Africa on Thursday following an international arrest warrant issued by the Mozambican judicial authorities. Rádio Moçambique reports.

The arrest warrant was handed to the South African judicial authorities last Monday, March 4, Gauteng Deputy Prosecutor Johan Dutoit announced on Thursday.

Mozambique had previously asked South Africa to extradite the former Mozambican official.

Manuel Chang has been held since December 29, 2018, at the request of US judicial authorities.

Yesterday’s court session, which was originally intended to take a decision on the simultaneous analysis of dual extradition requests from both Mozambique and the United States, was preceded by a debate surrounding the presence at the session of a representative of the Mozambican Public Integrity Centre (CIP), an NGO watchdog.

The CIP was represented by a lawyer from Hogan Lovells, a South African law firm, whose request to intervene as ‘a friend of the court’ in the hearings was rejected by both the defence and the public prosecutor.

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Manuel Chang formalmente detido pelas autoridades judiciais moçambicanas

O ex-ministro das finanças e deputado Manuel Chang foi formalmente detido nesta quinta-feira, na África do Sul, na sequência do mandado internacional de rastreamento das autoridades judiciais moçambicanas.

O mandado de captura foi entregues às autoridades judiciais na África do Sul na quarta-feira, 4 de Março – feira esta quinta-feira o procurador adjunto de Gauteng, Johan Dutoit.

Anteriormente, o Moçambique já tinha sido solicitado a África do Sul e a extradição do ex-governante moçambicano ao país.

Manuel Chang já se encontra detido desde o início do ano de 2018 a pedido às autoridades judiciais norte-americanas.

A data deste primeiro pedido de extradição de Manuel Chang, feito por Moçambique e os Estados Unidos, foi precedida de um debate sobre o assunto da sessão de um mandatário do CIP. – Centro de Educação Pública.

Trata-se de um advogado da Hogan, uma empresa de advogados sul-africanos. (RM)

Source: Rádio Moçambique