Children whose bodies were found in suitcases can be named
Catrin Owen
Sep 25 2023
The two children whose bodies were found in suitcases in an Auckland storage locker in 2022 can now be named.
Minu Jo, 10, and Yuna Jo, 12, were the children of Hakyung Lee.
Lee, the children's mother, has pleaded not guilty to two charges of murder and is set to go to trial at the High Court at Auckland in 2024.
Lee was previously declined name suppression at the High Court and the Court of Appeal also ruled against it.
The two children previously had interim name suppression after applications from members of the children's wider family, however Coroner Tania Tetitaha discharged the order on Monday.
The interests of justice favour setting aside the interim order in the circumstances. There seems little value or need for continuing an interim non-publication order in the Coroners Court," the coroner said.
Lee was earlier extradited from South Korea after an international hunt.
The woman was arrested at a southern port city of South Korea in September, based on a domestic court warrant issued after New Zealand requested her provisional arrest.
South Korean police said the woman was born in South Korea and later moved to New Zealand, where she gained citizenship.
Immigration records showed she returned to South Korea in 2018.
Catrin Owen
Sep 25 2023
The two children whose bodies were found in suitcases in an Auckland storage locker in 2022 can now be named.
Minu Jo, 10, and Yuna Jo, 12, were the children of Hakyung Lee.
Lee, the children's mother, has pleaded not guilty to two charges of murder and is set to go to trial at the High Court at Auckland in 2024.
Lee was previously declined name suppression at the High Court and the Court of Appeal also ruled against it.
The two children previously had interim name suppression after applications from members of the children's wider family, however Coroner Tania Tetitaha discharged the order on Monday.
The interests of justice favour setting aside the interim order in the circumstances. There seems little value or need for continuing an interim non-publication order in the Coroners Court," the coroner said.
Lee was earlier extradited from South Korea after an international hunt.
The woman was arrested at a southern port city of South Korea in September, based on a domestic court warrant issued after New Zealand requested her provisional arrest.
South Korean police said the woman was born in South Korea and later moved to New Zealand, where she gained citizenship.
Immigration records showed she returned to South Korea in 2018.
Children whose bodies were found in suitcases can be named
Catrin Owen
Sep 25 2023
The two children whose bodies were found in suitcases in an Auckland storage locker in 2022 can now be named.
Minu Jo, 10, and Yuna Jo, 12, were the children of Hakyung Lee.
Lee, the children's mother, has pleaded not guilty to two charges of murder and is set to go to trial at the High Court at Auckland in 2024.
Lee was previously declined name suppression at the High Court and the Court of Appeal also ruled against it.
The two children previously had interim name suppression after applications from members of the children's wider family, however Coroner Tania Tetitaha discharged the order on Monday.
The interests of justice favour setting aside the interim order in the circumstances. There seems little value or need for continuing an interim non-publication order in the Coroners Court," the coroner said.
Lee was earlier extradited from South Korea after an international hunt.
The woman was arrested at a southern port city of South Korea in September, based on a domestic court warrant issued after New Zealand requested her provisional arrest.
South Korean police said the woman was born in South Korea and later moved to New Zealand, where she gained citizenship.
Immigration records showed she returned to South Korea in 2018.
Catrin Owen
Sep 25 2023
The two children whose bodies were found in suitcases in an Auckland storage locker in 2022 can now be named.
Minu Jo, 10, and Yuna Jo, 12, were the children of Hakyung Lee.
Lee, the children's mother, has pleaded not guilty to two charges of murder and is set to go to trial at the High Court at Auckland in 2024.
Lee was previously declined name suppression at the High Court and the Court of Appeal also ruled against it.
The two children previously had interim name suppression after applications from members of the children's wider family, however Coroner Tania Tetitaha discharged the order on Monday.
The interests of justice favour setting aside the interim order in the circumstances. There seems little value or need for continuing an interim non-publication order in the Coroners Court," the coroner said.
Lee was earlier extradited from South Korea after an international hunt.
The woman was arrested at a southern port city of South Korea in September, based on a domestic court warrant issued after New Zealand requested her provisional arrest.
South Korean police said the woman was born in South Korea and later moved to New Zealand, where she gained citizenship.
Immigration records showed she returned to South Korea in 2018.
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