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  #3483062 22-Apr-2026 13:36
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Rikkitic:

 

Maybe they can do a Julian Assange with him, though I find any comparison of the two gentlemen rather offensive.

 

 

I am reasonably big on law and order, but overall, this situation with K.C felt from start to finish weird and out of sync. I guess they decided they were going to make an example out of him, and I guess, what he did was strictly speaking wrong, and should have been punished, however, the way it's been handled, I'd be embarrsed to have my name next to a prosecution. 

 

I'd go so far to say, is anyone who tried to prosecute him, still employed/alive? 

 

It certainly doesn't feel like it serves the public interest to continue, and again, feels like someone just hasn't raised the matter of continued prosecution to someone sensible for assessement. 

 

I mean the guy has gotten married, divorced, married, had kids, bought and sold multiple properties... He hasn't really put a foot wrong since he got here otherwise the cops would be all over him... 

 

 




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  #3483063 22-Apr-2026 13:40
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MikeB4:

 

I personally feel that NZ should tell the US to sod off.

 

 

It would require tearing up a treaty...  Also we used the AOS and other armed police to arrest the guy..

 

Why we let Mr Schmitz to reside here in the first place baffles me, 

 

Kim Dotcom's home raided | news.com.au ...

 

Extradition (United States of America) Order 1970

 

https://www.legislation.govt.nz/secondary-legislation/pco-drafted/1970/240/en/latest/#DLM32979

 

 


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  #3483066 22-Apr-2026 13:50
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MikeB4:

 

I personally feel that NZ should tell the US to sod off.

 

 

Maybe we could offer him back to the US if they call off the war/mess with Iran? 😂




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  #3483072 22-Apr-2026 14:06
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New Zealand deserves him to be honest, much as I think he is a lying thief, he did go through all the residency checks and was approved ... highly likely cause he had money to bring in with him and NZ government eyes lit up and ignored all the sketchiness in his background.  Even the post arrest residency checks still said he qualified.


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  #3483078 22-Apr-2026 14:33
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Mark:

 

...he did go through all the residency checks and was approved ... highly likely cause he had money to bring in with him and NZ government eyes lit up and ignored all the sketchiness in his background. 

 

 

Ah, like Peter Thiel.





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  #3483083 22-Apr-2026 14:59
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Mark:

 

New Zealand deserves him to be honest, much as I think he is a lying thief, he did go through all the residency checks and was approved ... highly likely cause he had money to bring in with him and NZ government eyes lit up and ignored all the sketchiness in his background.  Even the post arrest residency checks still said he qualified.

 

 

Even "Back in the day" a quick search would bought up lots of content of him competing in the Gumball rallies,  -  The speeding was just the tip of the iceberg...

 

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/police-brakes-on-fast-life-of-filthy-rich/AX5LDPMPWNCWRC3SFAJRFCSERA/

 

 


 
 
 

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  #3483084 22-Apr-2026 15:03
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Hands up who never made a youthful mistake. The man has moved on with his life, family etc., what’s to gain from throwing him in jail for a victimless act. 


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  #3483086 22-Apr-2026 15:15
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Eva888:

 

Hands up who never made a youthful mistake. The man has moved on with his life, family etc., what’s to gain from throwing him in jail for a victimless act. 

 

 

Not sure that's how I'd characterise this particular thing. It wasn't a mistake. It was a deliberate and sustained enterprise involving employees and management structures for which he profited heavily. 

 

 


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  #3507817 1-Jul-2026 20:12
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Still giving the gift of time waste.

 

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/court-of-appeal-dismisses-kim-dotcom-challenge-to-us-extradition/KF6O7TYEMVGTDLS6KLB7OHZD3A/ 

 

Court of Appeal dismisses Kim Dotcom challenge to US extradition

 

 

Kim Dotcom has lost his latest bid to challenge his extradition to the United States.

 

In a decision released today, the Court of Appeal dismissed the internet mogul’s appeal and ordered him to pay costs after his lawyer filed an application to adjourn the hearing the night before it was due to begin, despite the hearing date having been set five months earlier.

 

The US wants to extradite Dotcom from New Zealand, where he is a resident, to stand trial on 12 charges of criminal copyright infringement, racketeering, and wire fraud.

 

 

 





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  #3507828 1-Jul-2026 22:29
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I reckon he’ll kark it long before they manage to shift him out. 


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  #3507907 2-Jul-2026 08:58
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Trump will just pardon him, anyway!


 
 
 
 

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  #3507997 2-Jul-2026 14:26
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KDC team reckon there’s years left to go including the UN. Yep, the UN. Bloody ridiculous. 


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  #3507999 2-Jul-2026 14:32
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Each delay is a win for Kim DotCom - he has the money to fight this every single step of the way.

 

Imagine if you didn't have his resources ? You would have been sharing your space with America's most wanted, starting your 300 year sentence long ago.

 

 

 

Do you think he would get a fair trial or is it a foregone conclusion?





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  #3508022 2-Jul-2026 15:02
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elpenguino:

 

Each delay is a win for Kim DotCom - he has the money to fight this every single step of the way.

 

Imagine if you didn't have his resources ? You would have been sharing your space with America's most wanted, starting your 300 year sentence long ago.

 


TBH, its not the money that is dragging this out, 
Its the many appeal avenues allowed by the NZ extradition system 

 


Case in point is Mr Kyung Yup Kim, China wanted him extradited in May 2011, KDC wasn't raided until Jan 2012

 

This is from RNZ in December 2025

 

"Kyung Yup Kim has been accused of killing a woman in Shanghai in 2009, with the Chinese government seeking his extradition since 2011.
In late 2015, then-Justice Minister Amy Adams determined that Kim should be extradited after seeking diplomatic assurances from China as to his treatment.
Kim, who came to live in New Zealand in his teenage years, has been fighting against the decision while denying any involvement in the death of Peiyun Chen."

 

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/chinese/580324/court-of-appeal-dismisses-disclosure-bid-in-china-extradition-case

 

TLDR: He's still here

 

At least KDC is paying his own legal bills, the other guy is on Legal aid


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  #3508031 2-Jul-2026 15:19
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elpenguino:

 

Each delay is a win for Kim DotCom - he has the money to fight this every single step of the way.

 

Imagine if you didn't have his resources ? You would have been sharing your space with America's most wanted, starting your 300 year sentence long ago.

 

 

 

Do you think he would get a fair trial or is it a foregone conclusion?

 

 

Not sure what you mean by a fair trial? In what ways would/could it be unfair? 

 

I have the same view on KDC and his methods and efforts to delay his extradition, as I do for wealthy who use loopholes to avoid taxation.... The issue isn't KDC, it's the laws. If you don't like the fact he has the ability to delay this, it requires the law to change. He isn't breaking any laws to stay, he wants to stay and he is using any and all resources he can. Considering what the alternatives are, can't say I blame him. 

 

 


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