Tse Chi Lop: Alleged drug kingpin faces court after extradition to Australia


Source: perthnow.com.au perthnow.com.au

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The extradition of an accused Asian mafia boss – known as “Mr Big” – has been hailed as a major victory as the smartly dressed man faced court in Melbourne. Tse Chi Lop, 59, appeared briefly in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday via a video link from the Melbourne custody centre. He required the assistance of an interpreter who narrated the proceedings in Cantonese as the court was told he arrived in Australia from the Netherlands earlier the same day. Mr Tse, is accused of being more powerful than Mexico’s infamous El-Chapo or Colombian kingpin Pablo Escobar, was arrested...