Daniel Duggan asks to be released from jail and detained at home as he fights extradition to US

Australian pilot accused of training Chinese military denies he is a flight risk in letter requesting NSW home detention

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An Australian pilot accused of accepting cash to illegally train Chinese military personnel has denied he is a flight risk and described himself as a model prisoner in a formal request to be released into home detention.

Daniel Duggan has written to the acting New South Wales corrections commissioner from Lithgow maximum security prison where he is being held in isolated custody while he fights extradition to the US.