Mark Dreyfus approves extradition of former US marine over charges of training Chinese pilots

The federal government has approved a request to extradite former US marine corps aviator Daniel Duggan to the US, where he faces charges of training Chinese military pilots. An unsealed indictment, filed in a Washington district court earlier this month, alleges that Duggan broke American arms control laws by teaching fighter pilots to land on aircraft carriers. The naturalised Australian is also accused of having provided military training to Chinese pilots through a test flying academy in South Africa between 2010 and 2012. Duggan was arrested by Australian federal police in a regional New South Wales town on 21 October,…