Samoan-Australian Pauga is wanted by Samoan authorities over an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi.
Pauga is being held in custody and over a week ago, a Brisbane magistrate rejected his application to be released while he fights the extradition attempt.
The Attorney General has confirmed that the Office has made a lawful request to the Australian Attorney Generals Department in February 2020, to extradite Pauga, who is alleged to have committed the offence of ‘conspiracy to commit murder’.
