7 Oct 1993
ATTORNEY GENERAL V. BUI BA PHI AND OTHERS
- Citation
- ATTORNEY GENERAL V. BUI BA PHI AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP3376/1993
The court exercised its discretion to grant interim detention orders under s32(4)(b) because the public interest in ensuring the proper administration of justice and securing essential witness evidence for a major criminal trial outweighed the respondents' private liberty interests, given there was a realistic prospect the witnesses could give evidence within a reasonable period (assessed as within approximately 12 weeks); detention limited to a further 21 days from 8 October 1993 was reasonable and proportionate.