{"id":42522,"date":"2023-07-12T17:48:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T17:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us"},"modified":"2023-07-12T18:17:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T18:17:19","slug":"south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us","title":{"rendered":"South Africa this morning surrendered and extradited Manuel Chang to the US"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang was handed over this morning to US police agents in Johannesburg and extradited by private jet to the United States of America (USA), a South African government source told Lusa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ministry of Justice can confirm that Mr. Manuel Chang has been surrendered to law enforcement agencies in the United States of America, where he is expected to be tried for a variety of matters related to fraud, among others,\u201d Ministry of Justice of South Africa spokesperson Chrispin Phiritold Lusa.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr Chang left the country this morning,\u201dPhiri added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a communique issued by the South African Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services (please, see image below) reads: \u201cThe Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services confirms that the Republic of South Africa\u2019s law enforcement agencies successfully surrendered Mr Manuel Chang to the United States of America on July 12, 2023\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr Chang was detained by South African Police Services at Oliver Tambo International Airport on December 30, 2018, following a provisional arrest warrant issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The United States and the Republic of Mozambique requested his extradition on various counts,\u201d the communique continues.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter several hearings in 2019 by the Magistrates Court in Kempton Park and the 2019 and 2021 High Court of South Africa Gauteng Local Division, The Republic of Mozambique filed applications with the Supreme Court of Appeal and the Constitutional Court of South Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn May 2023, the Constitutional Court denied leave to appeal, citing lack of reasonable prospects of success after reviewing an application for condonation and an application for leave to appeal,\u201d the media statement concludes.<\/p>\n

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

Africa-Press – Mozambique. Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang was handed over this morning to US police agents in Johannesburg and extradited by private jet to the United States of America (USA), a South African government source told Lusa. \u201cThe Ministry of Justice can confirm that Mr. Manuel Chang has been surrendered to law enforcement […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":42521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[233,281,283],"class_list":["post-42522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mozambique","tag-mozambique"],"yoast_head":"\nSouth Africa this morning surrendered and extradited Manuel Chang to the US - Mozambique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang was handed over this morning to US police agents in Johannesburg and ext ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South Africa this morning surrendered and extradited Manuel Chang to the US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang was handed over this morning to US police agents in Johannesburg and ext ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mozambique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-12T17:48:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-12T18:17:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2023\/07\/sm_1689169471.166713.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1118\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"670\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"South Africa this morning surrendered and extradited Manuel Chang to the US\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-12T17:48:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-12T18:17:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us\"},\"wordCount\":295,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2023\/07\/sm_1689169471.166713.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Mozambique\",\"Mozambique\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us\",\"name\":\"South Africa this morning surrendered and extradited Manuel Chang to the US - Mozambique\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2023\/07\/sm_1689169471.166713.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-12T17:48:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-12T18:17:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang was handed over this morning to US police agents in Johannesburg and ext ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2023\/07\/sm_1689169471.166713.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2023\/07\/sm_1689169471.166713.jpg\",\"width\":1118,\"height\":670,\"caption\":\"South Africa this morning surrendered and extradited Manuel Chang to the US\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"South Africa this morning surrendered and extradited Manuel Chang to the US\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/\",\"name\":\"Mozambique\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"South Africa this morning surrendered and extradited Manuel Chang to the US - Mozambique","description":"Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang was handed over this morning to US police agents in Johannesburg and ext ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"South Africa this morning surrendered and extradited Manuel Chang to the US","og_description":"Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang was handed over this morning to US police agents in Johannesburg and ext ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us","og_site_name":"Mozambique","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-07-12T17:48:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-07-12T18:17:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1118,"height":670,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2023\/07\/sm_1689169471.166713.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"South Africa this morning surrendered and extradited Manuel Chang to the US","datePublished":"2023-07-12T17:48:54+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-12T18:17:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us"},"wordCount":295,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2023\/07\/sm_1689169471.166713.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Mozambique","Mozambique"],"articleSection":["all news","community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us","name":"South Africa this morning surrendered and extradited Manuel Chang to the US - Mozambique","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2023\/07\/sm_1689169471.166713.jpg","datePublished":"2023-07-12T17:48:54+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-12T18:17:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang was handed over this morning to US police agents in Johannesburg and ext ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2023\/07\/sm_1689169471.166713.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2023\/07\/sm_1689169471.166713.jpg","width":1118,"height":670,"caption":"South Africa this morning surrendered and extradited Manuel Chang to the US"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-this-morning-surrendered-and-extradited-manuel-chang-to-the-us#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"South Africa this morning surrendered and extradited Manuel Chang to the US"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/","name":"Mozambique","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}