Mozambique Ex-Finance Chief Chang Seeks to Dismiss US Indictment

Mozambique’s former finance minister Manuel Chang is seeking to dismiss a US indictment against him, saying his detention in South Africa since December 2018 while awaiting extradition has denied him the right to a speedy trial.

The “deprivation of Mr. Chang’s liberty has violated the Sixth Amendment to the US Constitution,” Adam Ford, Chang’s lawyer at Ford O’Brien Landy LLP said in a letter to the judge dated June 8. Under the Sixth Amendment, criminal defendants are legally entitled to adequate counsel and the right to a public trial without unnecessary delay.

Chang has been held in a prison ...