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Manuel Chang v Minister of Justice (decision of the Full Bench, Gauteng)

The case concerns the decision to extradite Mr Manuel Chang, the former Mozambican Minister of Finance, to Mozambique. Mr Chang was apprehended in South Africa following an arrest warrant for his alleged involvement, during his tenure as Mozambique’s Minister of Finance, in fraudulent activity relating to loans of USD 2 billion promised to Mozambique. South Africa received separate requests for the extradition and surrender of Mr Chang to the United States of America and Mozambique. On 21 May 2019, the former Minister of Justice took the decision to extradite Mr Chang to Mozambique. The current Minister of Justice, Mr Ronald Lamola, and the Forum de Monitoria do Orcamento, a non-governmental organisation based in Mozambique, took the former Minister’s decision on review.

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Muhammad Zakaria Suleman