29 Nov 1993
ATTORNEY GENERAL v. PHAM LUONG TUE
- Citation
- ATTORNEY GENERAL v. PHAM LUONG TUE
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP3380/1993
Assuming for present purposes the s13E(1) orders and s32(4)(a) authorisations were valid, the public interest in ensuring availability of important Crown witnesses for an exceptionally long and complex murder trial outweighed the respondents' interest in immediate repatriation; contemnors may be detained under s32(4) because they can purge contempt; a body order does not substitute for lawful detention; accordingly detention orders under s32(4)(b) were granted for 14 days from 3 December 1993 for all respondents except three identified individuals, while jurisdictional challenges and factual…