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\fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid6253535 IN THE HIGH COURT OF FIJI
\par AT SUVA
\par MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535\charrsid6253535 00}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid6253535 39 OF 2004
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\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid6253535 (aka Diane Yuen & Diane Zhong)
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid6253535 Applicant
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid6253535 Mr. M. Raza \endash  for the Applicant
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\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid6253535 TEMPORE RULING
\par (Decision Suppressed until completion of trial)
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\par The applicant is one of six accused in this matter who were arrested on the 9th of June, 2004 following a police operation targeting a group of persons associated with warehouse premises at Lot 56 Nasinu Road and Lot 3 Buli Road, Laucala Beach Estate.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 The warehouse at Bulei Road was being used to manufacture the illicit drug methylamphetamine.
\par 
\par The applicant has been in custody since arrest and made this application for bail through the good offices of her counsel Mr. Raza.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 There have been a number of appearances before me.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
Affidavits were filed by her deposing her family needs, claim of innocent association with the co-accused, lack of previous convictions, finance and sureties and strong ties to Fiji.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
\par 
\par The case involves a consideration of the principles behind the Bail Act. Before proceeding to my substantive decision and consideration of the facts of this case these general matters require some comment.
\par 
\par Someone who has pleaded not guilty must be presumed to be innocent of the charge until proven guilty according to law.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
Such a person also enjoys the benefit of Section 3 of the Bail Act which requires in effect that there be just cause for continued detention as there is a rebuttable presumption in favour of granting bail.
\par 
\par In this case the prime consideration is the seriousness of the charge.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
The seriousness of the charge faced will not in itself provide a justification for refusal of bail.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
Refusal can be justifiable only when the prosecu
tion demonstrates not merely that the charge is a serious one but also that there is something additional which favours detention of the accused in the public interest. It must be demonstrated by the prosecution that the public interest cannot be met unde
r the Bail Act by the granting of bail upon terms as to residence, reporting, curfew, non association, travel restrictions and the like.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 Having noted that the charges faced are serious the Court then needs to be satisfied concerning the strength of the pros
ecution case for it would be wrong in principle to cause an accused to be held in custody pending trial if the case appears weak.
\par 
\par Matters which will provide grounds for not granting bail when the accused faces an apparently s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535 trong case are:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 That is normally indicated by past criminal history including any previous breach of bail.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 This ground is not applicable here; or}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936 
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al or when earlier required to make a further appearance; or 
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Public interest matters for example that the accused will deliberately or accidentally seek to interfere with witnesses in the case with a view to deterring them from giving evidence or in some other way perhaps influence their testimony.
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\par The seriousness of the charge faced is particularly relevant to the possibility of the failure to answer bail.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
This is for the reason that the more serious the charge the heavier the potential penalty hanging 
over the accused, the greater is the incentive for the accused to try to abscond particularly when facing a strong case and having associations with an overseas country.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 Experience suggests that certain crimes, such as drug importing or drug manufacture being the most obvious, present a high risk of such behaviour.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 The administration of justice can be made to look foolish in the eyes of the public and correspondingly devalued when abscondin}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535 g occurs after bail is granted.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
\par 
\par Another important consideration is the likely length of the detention before trial.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
Where it is unlikely to occur within a few months the delay will be a factor favouring the granting of bail but is not in itself determinative.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 For the purposes of this application I note that the trial will be listed before me as a priority and it will be heard in the month of February next year.
\par 
\par In my view the Court should have regard also to the need of an accused to have access to defence counsel in order to prepare for trial and any apparent difficulty of doing so from the prison in a particular case.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 They must in effect constitutionally have a right to adequate time and facilities to prepare a defence.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 However, in respect of this case, I find that the availability to prepare a case such as this followin
g a comprehensive surveillance operation is enhanced because there is such a strong documentary trail that preparation is a matter of sifting through that documentary trail to look for or develop prime defences.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 Remaining in custody will not effect that process.
\par 
\par At the end of the day the task of the Judge hearing a bail application is to balance these various factors giving due weight of course not only to}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 the constitutional rights and guarantees but also the statutory rights enshrined in the Bail Act and 
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\par In many cases of bail relating to serious matters the police version of events are material.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
Sometimes they are in dispute and it may be necessary for the Court to receive some form of testimony either orally or in written form from the responsible officers in}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 charge of the case with knowledge of the matters before}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
a Court can be appropriately satisfied as to the strength of the prosecution case.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 Such was the case here.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 In some instances evidence may be required concerning other relevant circumstances and that is also the case here.
\par 
\par I do note that affidavits from eye witnesses are not strictly required. I adopt the principles expressed by the New Zealand Court of Appeal in the }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 Queen and Tonihi}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867  [1994] 12 CR NZ 259 at page 261 where it was observed by that court}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 that these bail hearings should not be turned into mini trials.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 They are usually brief and judges must in the end rely on their experience in weighing the relevant factors and make an overall assessment and then exercise the discretion accordingly.

\par 
\par These foregoing remarks are subject to the special provisions governing the granting of bail contained in the Bail Act 2002.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
I have given each and every section of that act my consideration.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
I seek only to emphasize the more important factors in this decision.
\par 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6253535 {\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid6253535 This Case
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15008867 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 The heart of the prosecution lies in the surveillance of suspects and in particular the surveillance of a warehouse where the drug was being manufactured.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
That surveillance was undertaken by way of video recording where a video camera was set up so that the centre of the picture showed more or less the large doors providing access to the building itself.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535 
 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
\par 
\par During the course of this application at an earlier appearance as part of her plea that she knew nothing about what was going on inside that warehouse and in support of her claim to a certain na\'ef
vete concerning the entire drug operation it was said, on her behalf}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 by counsel, that when 
she visited the factory she rarely went inside it and that mostly she stayed in her van.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
This was not the recollection of counsel appearing for the prosecution and he sought leave to have an additional affidavit introduced for the Court\rquote s consideration.
\par 
\par This affidavit by one Detective Sergeant Henry Brown (attached to the Transnational Crime Unit in the Fijian Police Force) set out a \'93tape\'94
 log format of the observations of the warehouse and detailed a number of occasions when the applicant went to the factory.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
It appears both from what he says in his affidavit and from several accompanying photographs that the applicant not only went to the warehouse in the van but}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 got out of the van and went inside the warehouse and disappeared from view for a number of m
inutes and on some occasions was inside for what must only be considered a lengthy period of time.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
\par 
\par The point of this evidence is that it was tendered in sharp contra distinction to the plea made by counsel on his client\rquote s behalf that she knew nothing of this operation, that she was in effect a na\'ef
ve but helpful bystander who did not go inside the warehouse.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
The applicant then replied to this surveillance affidavit and in her reply she seeks to explain the various times that she went to the factory and then says at paragraph 5 of that affidavit dated the 16th of July:
\par 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6253535 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 \'93
that when I said I went to 3 Buli Street warehouse only once on the 8th of June 2004, I humbly apologize to this honourable Court for the error.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 I did not have any intention to mislead the Court but due to my present condition and in anxiety I made a genuine mistake as this is the first time I am facing such problems.\'94
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15008867 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
\par I find that this evidence gives me absolutely no confidence in the explanations offered variously by this applicant concerning her knowledge of what occurred in and about this warehouse and in and about the five other accused.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 For bail purposes how can her bond be trusted if she is so casual about the truth on such a fundamental issue.
\par 
\par When assessing the strength of this case for bail purposes I find against the applicant.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
She visited the warehouse on the day before the police terminated the operation on in no less than 4 occasions.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
She went either on foot or by a white van (the same vehicle used to transport the other accused to and from the factory).}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
These circumstances when taken in combination with the fact that some US$140,000.00 was moved through her related bank accounts for the benefit of the drug manufacturing operation make out a strong case.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 Further her various explan
ations given to different authorities about materials and equipment she obtained for the drug cartel were inconsistent; that can only tell against her credibility. 
\par 
\par This is not a mini trial.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 This is an assessment of the strength of the case for bail purposes.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
Its also an assessment of the reliability of the applicant because if granted bail one of the things I have to consider is the likelihood that she may because of the seriousness of the matter abscond.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  
}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
\par 
\par The State have satisfied me that the prosecution case against the applicant is strong.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
Even though the applicant has ties to Fiji I am also satisfied that because of the circumstances and nature of the case there is a flight risk.
\par 
\par }\pard\plain \s17\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15008867 \f36\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
I have absolutely no confidence in the applicant\rquote s promises that she will appear in Court when required.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
These are sufficient reasons for me to accept that the State have successfully rebutted the presumption in favour of bail.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
I find that it is in the public interest particularly the public interest in the due administration of justice that she be kept in custody until February when her trial can proceed and for these reasons the application is refused.}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6253535  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15008867 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6253535 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid15008867 Gerard Winter
\par }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid6253535 JUDGE
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6253535 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid410936\charrsid6253535 
\par At Suva
\par 20th July, 2004
\par }}