(Bernama) -- The British High Commission in Malaysia said that it is the United Kingdom (UK) government's policy neither to confirm nor deny specific extradition requests.
"By extension, we are not prepared to discuss the contents of any exchanges with another government's agencies of an individual case," it said in a statement here.
The High Commission, which did not specifically mention any country or case, said an extradition request from one Commonwealth country to another was governed by the London Scheme for Extradition within the Commonwealth.
"This contains a Dual Criminality Rule. A person sought will only be extradited for an extradition offence," it said.
"For the purpose of this scheme, an extradition offence is an offence however described which is punishable in the requesting and requested country by imprisonment for two years or a greater penalty," the High Commission added.
The issue of extradition was raised in the past few days in regards to the case involving fugitive blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Tun Hussein had said that each country had its own stand on such matters and that Malaysia had to respect the stand taken by the country concerned, and as such, consider other options in trying to resolve the case.
"I have to check with the UK authorities. We have been doing this for a long time...even the extradition, you need the cooperation of that party concerned, this is being handled the best way we can," he had said Tuesday.
Raja Petra, 59, fled the country after two arrest warrants were issued against him for failing to attend court for his sedition trial in April and May last year and surfaced last month in London.
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