7 Oct 1993
ATTORNEY GENERAL v. TA VAN KHOA
- Citation
- ATTORNEY GENERAL v. TA VAN KHOA
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP3368/1993
The judge balanced the public interest in securing availability of material witnesses for a major criminal trial against individual liberty and repatriation interests, concluded there was a reasonable prospect the witnesses could give evidence within the next 12 weeks, and that a further limited detention was proportionate; accordingly, detention orders under s32(4)(b) were granted for up to 21 days from 8 October 1993 for the 20 respondents.