Former U.S. military pilot arrived in Australia from China weeks before arrest - lawyer

Record ID: 1696329

  • Title: Former U.S. military pilot arrived in Australia from China weeks before arrest - lawyer
  • Date: 4th November 2022
  • Summary: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (NOVEMBER 4, 2022) (REUTERS) DENNIS MIRALIS, LAWYER FOR FORMER U.S. MILITARY PILOT DANIEL EDMUND DUGGAN, LISTENING TO REPORTER'S QUESTION WHITE FLASH (SOUNDBITE) (English) LAWYER DENNIS MIRALIS, SAYING: "He denies having breached any U.S. law, any Australian law, any international law. This is a position that he will defend vigorously. The means by which
  • Embargoed: 18th November 2022 08:51
  • Keywords: AUSTRALIA CHINA Daniel Edmund Duggan MILITARY PILOT U.S. arrest extradition
  • Location: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
  • City: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
  • Country: Australia
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Australia,Crime/Law/Justice,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
  • Reuters ID: LVA001695004112022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:A former United States military pilot arrested in Australia and facing likely extradition to the United States on undisclosed charges had arrived from China weeks before and interacted with Australian intelligence agencies, his lawyer said on Friday (November 4).
    The pilot, Daniel Edmund Duggan, 54, was arrested in Orange in a rural part of New South Wales state in October by federal police acting on a U.S. request for his arrest.
    "Mr Duggan at the moment is not accused of anything under Australian law. It's important to understand the legal system in Australia has not yet seized jurisdiction of the matter, we are more in the area of international relations, and it is a decision for the United States State Department to determine whether or not it wishes to send an extradition request to Australia," his lawyer Dennis Miralis told reporters outside the court.
    Details of the U.S. arrest warrant and the charges he faces are sealed, his lawyer said. Consequently Reuters was unable to determine the specifics of Duggan's case, or why he may have interacted with Australian intelligence.
    (Production: Kirsty Needham, Jill Gralow)
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