4 Apr 1997
R. v. NGUYEN VAN DOAN and Others
- Citation
- R. v. NGUYEN VAN DOAN and Others
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1493/1996
There is no principled difference between Vietnamese and Chinese illegal immigrants for sentencing purposes; the same deterrent rationale and potential harm to the community justify applying the 15 months imprisonment guideline to both groups, subject to individual mitigating circumstances where magistrates may reduce the sentence.