The United States has sought the extradition of two former executives of a Singapore-based defence contractor at the centre of a bribery scandal that has rocked the US Navy, government lawyers said Monday.
A spokeswoman for Singapore's Attorney General's Chambers told AFP the office has "received extradition requests from the US government" for the former executives of Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA).
"AGC has acted on these requests and the matter is now fixed for committal hearing before the State Courts on 21 September 2016," she said.
A US Department of Justice statement issued on September 15 said Neil Peterson and Linda Raja, both Singaporeans, were charged in San Diego in California in relation to the scandal which has tarnished top US naval officers. Both were arrested in Singapore.