The Supreme Court docket of the southeastern European nation of Montenegro is once more suspending Terra (LUNA) co-founder Do Kwon’s extradition to South Korea.
In response to a report from Montenegrin information outlet Vijesti, Montenegro’s Supreme Court docket has halted the extradition as a result of a request for “safety of legality” introduced forth by Kwon’s camp.
In response to a press release from Montenegro’s highest court docket,
“At right this moment’s session of the council, a Resolution was adopted which determines the postponement of the execution of the choice of the Excessive Court docket in Podgorica and the Court docket of Enchantment of Montenegro, till the choice of the Supreme Court docket on the Request for the safety of legality, which shall be made inside the authorized deadline.”
That is the second time the southeastern European Supreme Court docket has postponed Kwon’s extradition to South Korea this yr.
In March, they first pumped the brakes on extradition, claiming the decrease courts didn’t observe the legislation once they initially authorized of Kwon’s extradition.
Earlier in the identical month, Kwon’s extradition to the US was additionally revoked as a result of procedural violations.
Then, in June, the Excessive Court docket of Podgorica dominated that Kwon needs to be handed over to South Korea and never the US because the extradition request from Kwon’s homeland arrived sooner than that of the US.
On the time, the appellate court docket announced its help for the Excessive Court docket’s ruling and likewise famous that there was no enchantment in opposition to its resolution.
Nonetheless, final week, an appellate court docket in Montenegro upheld the preliminary resolution of the decrease courts on Kwon’s extradition.
Kwon was arrested in Montenegro in March 2023 after trying to board a flight to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with a cast Costa Rican passport. He’s going through legal fees in the US and South Korea associated to the multibillion-dollar downfall of Terra and its stablecoin.
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