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(…) granting passive extradition and sending Chinese citizen WONG HO WING back to the
People’s Republic of China (…) would endanger his very life and personal integrity, since
materially speaking the Peruvian authorities would have no way to exercise any oversight to
ensure that Mr. Wong Ho Wing was not executed once he was under the jurisdiction of his
country of origin; he gave several reasons , among them the fact that not even the international
authorities themselves have any access to the Chinese prison system, which has been discredited
and is deemed untrustworthy, as attested to by repeated human rights reports on the number of
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persons executed every year in that country (…).
108. On February 9, 2010, Lima’s 42nd Special Criminal Court agreed to hear the
constitutional petition of habeas corpus.57 On February 19, 2010, Mr. Luis Lamas Puccio asked the
Administrative Secretary of the Supreme Court to give him an authenticated copy of Communiqué No.
806-2010-SG-CS-PJ, through which the file for Extradition Case No. 03-2009 is sent to the Ministry of
Justice for the appropriate purposes.58
109. On February 21, 2010, Mr. Luis Lamas Puccio filed a request with Lima’s 42nd Special
Criminal Court asking it to issue its ruling on the petition of habeas corpus. He argued that there was a
risk that the Council of Ministers might issue a supreme resolution on Mr. Wong Ho Wing’s passive
extradition and in the process disregard what the IACHR had instructed in its precautionary measure.59
110. On February 25, 2010, Lima’s 42nd Special Criminal Court issued a ruling on the petition
of habeas corpus, declaring it out of order. The Court’s reasoning was as follows:
(…) Having examined the records of the proceedings, it is clear that in general, the facts that the
petitioner recounts do not suggest that the respondents herein named (…) might engage in acts
that could violated the constitutional rights of Mr. Wong Ho Wing (the rights to life and to
personal integrity); what Lamas Puccio does in this petition is to question the way in which the
extradition process has been conducted.
(…) However, the constitutional habeas corpus process does not involve the taking of evidence;
therefore, this constitutional proceeding does not afford the plaintiff an opportunity to show
how his rights have been affected by the problems that, in his view, have arisen as his passive
extradition was being processed; perhaps his claim should have been heard in the ordinary
jurisdiction.
(…) Another aspect that deserves mention is the fact that in issuing its finding on the question of
extradition, what the Supreme Court does is prepare a Technical Legal Report on the Legality or
Illegality of an extradition, as provided in article 37 of the Peruvian Constitution; only the
Executive Branch has the authority to grant extradition. While its decision follows on the heels of
the Supreme Court’s report, this does not alter the fact that the person whose extradition is
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Annex 36. Petition of habeas corpus dated February 9, 2010. Attachment to the communication received from the
State on March 27, 2010.
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Annex 37. February 9, 2010 order issued by Lima’s 42nd Criminal Court, H.C. No 05-10. Attachment to the
communication received from the State on March 27, 2010.
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Annex 38. Brief dated February 19, 2010, signed by Luis Lamas Puccio. Attachment to the brief received from the
petitioner on February 19, 2010.
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Annex 39. Brief dated February 21, 2010, signed by Luis Lamas Puccio. Attachment to the brief received from the
petitioner on February 22, 2010.