SINGAPORE: Spain’s immigration police have requested {that a} Singaporean man suspected of killing a compatriot within the nation be deported to Singapore, native media reported on Friday (Might 2).
Mitchell Ong is suspected of killing Audrey Fong whereas she was on vacation in Spain. Her physique was discovered with greater than 30 stab wounds in April 2024.
The Comisaría Normal de Extranjería y Fronteras, which is a part of the Spanish Nationwide Police, requested that Ong be deported from the nation as he was there illegally, Spanish media outlet La Verdad reported.
It additionally requested that he be barred from re-entering the nation for 10 years.
The non-public prosecution representing Ms Fang’s household has agreed with this deportation request, reported Spanish information web site La Opinion de Murcia.
In Spain, victims can rent attorneys to behave as non-public prosecutors and so they can deliver proof, request statements or name for prices, amongst different issues. They’re separate from the general public prosecution.
Ong is at the moment remanded in Sangonera jail in Murcia, reported La Opinion de Murcia.
Defence lawyer Maria Jesus Ruiz de Castaneda opposed the deportation request and requested that or not it’s suspended instantly, reported La Opinion de Murcia.
Ong is concerned in energetic legal proceedings in Spain, the place he should be judged with all due authorized ensures, argued the lawyer, stating that the extradition would symbolize an unacceptable evasion of the Spanish judicial course of.
She additionally stated Ong’s expulsion went in opposition to the European Conference on Human Rights.