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The extradition hearing for the woman arrested in South Korea for allegedly killing two children found in a suitcase in an Auckland storage unit year has been set for November.
Newshub understands the extradition hearing will be held at 2pm (local time) on November 14 by the 20th Criminal Division of Seoul High Court.
Police announced in September a 42-year-old woman was arrested in South Korea.
According to local news station YTN, she was arrested in the city of Ulsan at about 1am (local time). South Korean website Chosun.com said she was "hiding in an apartment".
The woman was accused of committing "crimes against humanity", Edaily reported citing local police.
The arrest was made after a "persistent pursuit" of her, the South Korean outlet said.
As the woman was led out of the apartment building, she denied the charges shouting "I didn't do it", to the waiting Korean media.
The Korean Ministry of Justice received a request from New Zealand for her provisional arrest in connection with the death of the children.
"Having thoroughly reviewed the request and a large pool of supporting evidence, the Ministry determined that this case satisfies the requirements of Extradition Request and there is probable cause to believe the suspect committed the extraditable crime," the South Korean Ministry of Justice said in a press release.
It was a major development almost 10,000 kilometres away from the south Auckland suburb of Manurewa where the children's bodies were first discovered in suitcases.
In August, the human remains were discovered at an address on Moncrieff Ave in the south Auckland suburb of Manurewa.
Newshub later revealed the remains were unknowingly taken by a family to their Manurewa home who'd bid and won an auction for abandoned goods in a SafeStore Papatoetoe storage facility.
After initial investigations, police confirmed the remains were those of children aged between five and 10 and had been dead for some time. It was later confirmed the bodies were of a boy and a girl, aged about 5 and 8 at the time of their deaths.
No details were provided about how the children died but police said the family who found the bodies were not connected to the deaths.
Reports later emerged a woman believed to be a family member of the two children was in South Korea.
No further comment could be made as the matter was now before the courts, he said.
"These homicides are unspeakably shocking and have brought a great sense of concern as to circumstances surrounding the entire case," said Daniel Newman, a councillor for Auckland's Manurewa-Papakura Ward.
"The discovery of the bodies in the suitcases at Moncrieff Ave brought an unhelpful sense of intrigue as well as an expectation that the subsequent investigation would lead to arrests.
"I am hopeful that the deceased children's stories will be told, that those responsible are held to account and that the wider community receives the necessary closure in this case," Newman said.
