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Leifer fled from Australia to Israel in 2008 after allegations of sexual abuse surfaced against her, and has evaded extradition since 2014 by claiming to be mentally unfit for trial.

Leifer has claimed mental illness since extradition proceedings were initiated in 2014.

"New Zealand can no longer trust that Hong Kong’s criminal justice system is sufficiently independent from China," Peters said in a statement.

Leifer's attorneys stressed that she is in fact mentally unfit to stand trial, pointing to past and new statements by medical professionals.

‘We feel the loss of Malki every day,’ says father of Malki Roth, killed in Sbarro suicide bombing, who is seeking extradition of Ahlam Tamimi to US who assisted with the terror attack.

Jerusalem District Court rules that after six-year-long legal battle alleged sex offender Malka Leifer is fit for extradition, appeal of decision to Supreme Court likely.

This signals an increase in pressure on Jordan to extradite Ahlam Al-Tamimi, who facilitated the bombing of a Jerusalem Sbarro restaurant that killed 15 people, including two Americans, in 2001.

"This is the first case of its kind," according to a senior Israel Police officer

‘Enough is enough. This case has gone on for far too long,’ says Australian MP and former Australian ambassador to Israel during debate on motion to extradite suspected pedophile Malka Leifer

Request comes following expert psychiatric assessment that the alleged pedophile is mentally fit for trial and was feigning mental illness.