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Detention pending testimony
  • 27 Oct 1993

    ATTORNEY GENERAL V. PHAM THI XA

    Citation
    ATTORNEY GENERAL V. PHAM THI XA
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP3371/1993

    Balancing the significant public interest in securing admissible evidence for a major criminal trial against the respondents' personal liberty, the court found there was a reasonable prospect the respondents would give evidence within a reasonable time (assumed by court to be by end of December) and therefore lawfully exercised its discretion to order detention under s.32(4)(b) for a further period not exceeding 21 days from 8 October 1993.