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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The Constitutional Court has unanimously rejected a last-ditch attempt by Mozambique\u2019s ex-finance minister Manuel Chang to avoid being extradited to the US to face trial for grand corruption and the plundering of state resources.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the apex court dismissed Chang\u2019s efforts to appeal a November 2021 ruling by Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg Judge Margaret Victor, who overturned Justice Minister Ronald Lamola\u2019s decision to extradite Chang back to Mozambique.<\/p>\n

Chang was arrested in transit through OR Tambo International Airport in December 2018 on an arrest warrant issued by the US government.<\/p>\n

American authorities indicted Chang, who has been implicated in the looting of developmental funds, because it said many US investors, who had provided these funds, had been defrauded.<\/p>\n

In January 2019, the US asked South Africa to extradite Chang to America to stand trial.<\/p>\n

It was only a few days later that Mozambique asked Pretoria to rather extradite him to Mozambique.<\/p>\n

The Constitutional Court dismissed Chang\u2019s appeal application, with costs, on the basis that it did not have reasonable prospects of success.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mozambique<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. The Constitutional Court has unanimously rejected a last-ditch attempt by Mozambique\u2019s ex-finance minister Manuel Chang to avoid being extradited to the US to face trial for grand corruption and the plundering of state resources. 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