Director Roman Polanski, who has been held in a Swiss jail since September pending¹ possible extradition² charges, has been moved for medical tests.

导演Roman Polanski，自九月份以来就被囚禁于瑞士某监狱等待可能的引渡条例，日前因体检被转移。

Polanski won an Oscar for The Pianist in 2002

His French lawyer Herve Temine told the Reuters news agency Polanski had been "taken from prison for medical attention. I don't know where he is."

He added he did not know when the film-maker, 76, would return to prison.

Polanski was arrested in Switzerland last month over his 1977 conviction for unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl.

He left the US in 1978 before he could be sentenced and has never returned.

Mr Temine said Polanski was depressed³ and tired when he visited him in prison last week.

The director was arrested when he arrived in Switzerland on 26 September to collect a lifetime achievement award at a film festival.

US authorities have up to 60 days to make a firm extradition request.

Folco Galli, spokesman for Switzerland's Federal Office of Justice, declined to comment on whether Polanski had been moved to hospital or on the state of his health.