Litzman suspected of using position to prevent extradition of alleged sex abuser Malka Leifer

Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman is suspected of illicitly using his position in the government to prevent the extradition of Malka Leifer, an Israeli citizen wanted on 74 charges of child sexual abuse in Australia.

The chairman of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party is alleged to have sought to draft a falsified legal opinion deeming Leifer as mentally unfit for extradition.

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