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一 |     SYDNEY -- A Sydney court on Monday postponed an extradition hearing for a former U.S. military pilot accused of illegally training Chinese aviators until May as his lawyers attempt to further build their case.Boston-born Dan Duggan, 55, was scheduled to fight his extradition to the United States at a Nov. 23 hearing in the downtown Downing Center Local Court.But a magistrate decided to use that date to rule on what additional information that the Australian defense department and security agencies should provide defense lawyers.U.S. lawyer Trent Glover told the court the United States was ready to proceed with the extradition, but had agreed with defense lawyers the hearing should take place after November.Duggan’s lawyer, Dennis Miralis, told reporters outside court that the stakes were high for his client, who faces up to 65 years in prison if convicted.“This is existential, which means that every right that Dan has under the Australian legal system on the basis that he’s presumed innocent ... needs to properly and carefully be considered,” Miralis said.Duggan's wife, Saffrine, has said she asked Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to advocate against the extradition when he meets President Joe Biden in Washington this week.But in a news conference on Sunday before departing for the United States, Albanese said Duggan, who became an Australian citizen in 2012, was not on the agenda of his meetings with U.S. officials.“I don’t discuss things that are legal matters on the run, nor should I,” Albanese told reporters.Duggan has been in custody since Oct. 21 last year when he was arrested near his home in Orange, New South Wales.Duggan’s grounds for resisting extradition include his claim that the prosecution is political and that the crime he is accused of does not exist under Australian law. The extradition treaty between the two countries states that a person can only be extradited for an allegation that is recognized by both countries as a crime.Duggan’s lawyers say they expect additional material will demonstrate the overtly political aspects of the extradition request.They claim the former U.S. Marine Corps flying instructor was lured by Australian authorities from China in 2022 so he could be arrested and extradited.Duggan maintains he has done nothing wrong and is an innocent victim of a worsening power struggle between Washington and Beijing.In a 2016 indictment, prosecutors allege Duggan conspired with others to provide training to Chinese military pilots in 2010 and 2012, and possibly at other times, without applying for an appropriate license.Prosecutors say Duggan received about nine payments totaling around 88,000 Australian dollars ($61,000) and international travel from another conspirator for what was sometimes described as “personal development training.”Duggan has said the Chinese pilots he trained while he worked for the Test Flying Academy of South Africa in 2011 and 2012 were civilians, and nothing he taught was classified.。

二 |     Kenny 报道 5月1日，新西兰外交部长Winston Peters在惠灵顿发表演说，称新西兰应考虑加入奥库斯第二支柱所带来的技术收益。

三 | 他还批评前工党政府对奥库斯协议的突然转变立场。         尽管演说被一位佩戴口罩的女性抗议者打断，但Peters仍然确认了两点：新西兰没有收到加入该协议的邀请；政府离做出决定“还有一条很长的路要走”。         Advertise with us          他说新西兰政府正在就是否加入奥库斯协议进行”信息收集讨论”，新西兰必须更好地了解与该协议进行技术合作的潜在机会，权衡经济和安全利益，才能决定是否符合国家利益。

四 |          Peters在国会新西兰国际事务研究所发表的这段演说被认为是联合政府的官方表态。

五 |          （图源：Getty）          奥库斯协议是由澳大利亚、英国和美国在2021年9月宣布成立的军事外交安全合作伙伴关系，其首要目的是由英美武装澳大利亚，帮助其在南太平洋建立一支核动力潜艇舰队。         外界多认为奥库斯协议的目的是为了对抗影响力不断上升的中国，而中国一直强烈批评奥库斯破坏地区和平与稳定。

六 |          奥库斯协议的第二支柱主要是分享先进的非核军事技术。

七 | 美英澳三国现已提出接收其它国家加入第二支柱的可能性。被认为可能收到邀请的潜在合作伙伴包括日本、韩国、新西兰和加拿大。         Peters在演说中批评了工党在奥库斯协议上前恭后倨的态度转变。他说工党早在2021年10月也就是奥库斯协议“官宣”后不久就开始讨论第二支柱事宜。         “让我们明确一点，第二支柱的讨论是……之前由工党发起的，这就是为什么我们一直声称是在延续前工党政府发起的进程。”          “部长们在2021年10月首次收到关于新西兰与奥库斯合作可能性的建议。”          “2023年，经过近两年的仔细权衡，工党总理与外交部长和国防部长一起，批准官员与奥库斯合作伙伴开启第二支柱范围和架构的对话。堪培拉、伦敦和华盛顿的信息收集讨论并不是自发进行的。

八 | ”          “工党政府授权官员进行的这些活动，该选择与前总理Hipkins去年的声明一致：’我们身处在一个战略性地区’，”Peters说。

九 |          Peters强调新西兰的无核立场不变，并且构成任何参与的“关键先决条件”。         工党一直称政府对奥库斯的官方措词已经从中立转变为支持，但Peters澄清了这一点。他说政府的“信息收集仍处于初期阶段，而评论员和反对者在第二支柱上的立场远远超前于政府”。         “批评者完全否定第二支柱，他们声称我们因为意识形态原因正在放弃独立外交政策。”          但Peters说这样的声音带有反美主义倾向，“独立对他们来说就只意味着对美国说不”。         （图源：NZ Herald）          这次演说中就出现了一位高举“要民主不要奥库斯”牌子的抗议者。         “我再说一次，请您坐下，对其他听众表现出一些尊重，”Peters在台上说。         “能帮我一个忙吗？可以离开房间吗？”          抗议者摇摇头，然后被保安护送离开。         “就像猫王唱的，’如果你想找麻烦，那么你来对地方了’，”目送抗议者离开后，Peters点评道。         相关阅读：新西兰公布奥库斯协议进展：只要高科技，不针对中国          注：本文为编译/原创，欢迎转发分享；但严禁复制等未经授权的非法使用。违反上述声明者，本网将追究其相关法律责任。使用授权请联系[email protected]。         chineseherald.co.nz All Rights Reserved 版权所有          相关内容                公务员大削减：新西兰统计局所有员工自愿裁员           绿党议员被投诉恐吓同僚，副总理斥其“失去理智”，应“承担后果”           13岁女孩在公交站被20个孩子殴打，竟然没有一个人伸出援手           入冬了？新西兰今晚迎来初雪           为何新西兰不禁TikTok？因为我们的总理是“TikTok之王”           北岛突发地震！近13000人有震感           警察部长透露，近期多起珠宝店抢劫案中，最小的罪犯只有9岁           奥克兰一火车站连发两起袭击事件，13岁男孩和朋友无故被殴打威胁。

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