Daniel Duggan, an Ex-US Marine, used to fly Harrier jets for the United States during international missions as a member of Marine Attack Squadron 214, located in Yuma, Arizona.
Despite the fact that this occurred more than 20 years ago, a US indictment alleges that he utilized his expertise to instruct Chinese pilots on how to land planes on aircraft carriers. He vigorously disputes these allegations.
Duggan’s Extradition Fight in High-Security Facility
Duggan, 54, has been detained in a high-security facility in a rural area of Australia since last October while his attorneys fight an extradition order that the Australian attorney general approved to send him back to the US to stand trial on charges including money laundering and conspiring to export US defense services.
The Australian Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) is looking into allegations of improper behavior by the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO), including that Duggan was lured from China, where he was living, to Australia, where the US had the legal authority to arrest him.
In the Indo-Pacific, where Beijing has been bolstering islands with military sites that they fear could one day be used in a regional confrontation, the US and its allies are attempting to band together against China as the case is being heard.
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Ex-US Marine’s Case Sparks Family Protest
Duggan described his current situation to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) from the Lithgow Correctional Centre, where he is being kept, as a nightmare.
Saffron Duggan, the wife of Duggan, wants Australian authorities to prevent his extradition. On Tuesday, she and some of their six children protested outside the court, holding posters demanding his release.
After finishing his last mission with the US Marines as a Major, Duggan relocated to Australia in 2002. He first met Saffron in 2011, and a year later he abandoned his US citizenship, became an Australian citizen, and the family relocated to China.
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