Read the full judgment text of HCAL 000118/2009 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 12 January 2010.
1. The second respondent seeks the surrender of the applicant from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to the United States of America pursuant to the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance, Cap. 503. It made a request to the HKSAR Government: the applicant was arrested and, in due course, a committal hearing was held before a magistrate, H Mierczak, Esquire. The applicant opposed those proceedings: on 14 October 2009, he was committed to custody pending the decision of the Chief Executive as to w