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\fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 IN THE HIGH COURT OF FIJI
\par AT SUVA
\par MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 68 OF 2004
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 Applicant
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 Respondent
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\par Counsel:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908\charrsid2689908  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 Mr. M. Raza \endash  for Applicant
\par Mr. P. Bulamainaivalu \endash  for State
\par Mr. A.K. Singh/Mr. D. Prasad \endash  for other Applicants
\par Mr. U. Ratuvili \endash  for Human Rights Commission
\par Ms Rakuita \endash  Attorney General
\par 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908\charrsid2689908 Hearing: }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 7th December, 2004
\par Judgment:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908\charrsid2689908  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 15th December, 2004
\par 
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\par HON KEUNG LUM, YUK SANG LUI & CHARN MING CHAN
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\par This is an application by Mr. Jason Zhong and his co-accused for bail pending trial.
\par 
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Mr. Zhong was represented by Mr. Raza.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 The remaining accused were represented either directly or on instructions by Mr. Singh.
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\par The Zhong Application
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 This application was supported by several affidavits variously filed from the 20th of October to the 3rd of December.
\par 
\par Those affidavit and counsel\rquote s submissions focussed on two issues:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550 
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\par Counsel emphasized the scheme of the Constitution, the Act and in particular the rebuttable presumption for bail to accused awaiting trial.
\par 
\par He emphasized and I accept that the burden of rebutting that presumption rests with the State.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 
Nonetheless counsel addressed the salient issue of the likelihood of his client turning up for trial if he was granted bail.
\par 
\par He emphasized Mr. Zhong\rquote s close ties to Fiji commencing with his citizenship, his home, his wife and his children.
\par 
\par Counsel submitted the case against his client was not strong and built merely around suspicion of his involvement in the group enterprise to manufacture the illicit drug methamphetamine.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 His client denies any involvement at all with the set up or operation of the subject laboratory.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 Counsel sought to emphasize this aspect to address an anticipated argument about the serious nature of the charges leading to an inference that the applicant may \'93jump\'94
 bail if it was granted to him.
\par 
\par As to the second ground of the application reference was made to the affidavits where the applicant described his conditions including overcrowding, lack of adequate ablution facilities, lack of proper dining facilities, poor and sparse sl
eeping conditions, poor medical attention and safety from assault.
\par 
\par }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 Applications by Shing Sum Fok, Hon Keung Lum, Yuk Sang Lui and Charn Ming Chan
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 Mr. Singh appeared on behalf of the 3rd and 6th accused and on instructions from Mr. Prasad in respect of the 4th and 5th.
\par 
\par Translated letters were received from two applicants complaining about the conditions in Korovou Prison and the SACAU dormitory.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 
Counsel emphasized in addition to that factual material the right the applicants have to the presumption of innocence and the presumption of bail.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 Counsel did rely heavily on the case and submissions by senior counsel presented for the applicant Mr. Zhong.
\par 
\par The Director of Public Prosecutions meets the Bail Act submissions by reliance on the affidavit of his prime witness Dt. Luke Navela assessing the strength of the case in particular paragraphs 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 It was submitted and I accept that the applicant suspects were under surveillance for a considerable period of time.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 Tape logs of that visual surveillance demonstrate the applicants were frequently seen in each others company.}{
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The surveillance found the applicants went to and from the premises where the illicit drugs laboratory and manufacturing plant were located.
\par 
\par Counsel highlighted that this offending occurred at a time when the applicant Zhong was on bail in respect of two matters before the western Magistrates Courts involving conspiracy to defraud and illegal foreign currency dealing charges.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 Counsel emphasized that all the applicants were a flight risk.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 That they had only been in custody since the 9th of June and the trial was set to start on the 1st of February.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 Accordingly it was in the public interest to secure a trial on these charges.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 This demanded that the applicants be held in custody pending the hearing of the matter.
\par 
\par Counsel then deferred to the Attorney General for an answer to the remand conditions at the Korovou Prison.
\par 
\par Counsel for the Attorney General relied on the affidavits provided by two members of the prison service indicating that the remand prisoner conditions at Korovou had changed.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 Prisoners are no longer kept in the previously criticized remand cell complex but housed in the SACAU dormitory.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 Counsel further submitted that the report from the Human Rights Commissioner declare
d that this dormitory substantially complied with the UN standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 
Accordingly, there were no constitutional breaches requiring the remedy of bail release.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550 
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 In the }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 Ladpeter}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 
 case my sister Justice Shameem detailed the two step approach to these applications.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 
First a consideration of the Bail Act and second the impact, if any, of an attack on the applicants\rquote  constitutional rights.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 

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\par Regarding Mr. Zhong the issue is whether or not he will answer to his bail.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 Is he a flight risk?
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\par Matters which will provide grounds for not granting bail when an accused faces an apparently strong case is:
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 That is normally indicated by past criminal history including any previous breach of bail.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 This is an applicable ground here.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 These allegations arose while the accused was on bail for offences currently before the Western Magistrates Court.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2689908 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 
\par {\pntext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 2.\tab}}\pard \ql \fi-720\li1440\ri0\widctlpar{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls2\pnrnot0\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120\pnhang {\pntxta .}}
\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid2689908 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 The likelihood that the accused will abscond or otherwise fail to answer bai
l at trial or when earlier required to make a further appearance.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 
This too is applicable because of the serious nature of the charge.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2689908 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 
\par {\pntext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 3.\tab}}\pard \ql \fi-720\li1440\ri0\widctlpar{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls2\pnrnot0\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120\pnhang {\pntxta .}}
\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid2689908 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 
Public interest matters for example that the accused will deliberately or extensively seek to interfere with witnesses in the case with a view to deterring them from giving evidence in some other way perhaps influencing their testimony.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 This principle has little relevance to Mr. Zhong.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2689908 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 
\par The seriousness of the charges faced is particularly relevant to the possibility of the failure to answer bail.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 
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 or having assoc
iations with an overseas country.
\par 
\par As I earlier observed, in my first bail decision in respect of the applicant\rquote s wife Diane, experience suggests that certain crimes such as drug manufacture present a high risk of such behaviour.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908 
 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 In my view the administration of justice can be made to look foolish in the eyes of the public and correspondingly devalued when absconding occurs after bail is granted.
\par 
\par I find that the case against this applicant is strong.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 I am prepared to accept for the purposes of this bail ap
plication that the tape log of the video surveillance indicates that the applicant was frequently in the company of his co-accused and visited the illicit drug laboratory on numerous occasions.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 This hard evidence does not easily square with his bare denials of involvement.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 In balancing the public interest I also take into account that the likely length of detention before trial is now short.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 The trial will start on the 1st of February 2005.
\par 
\par As for the second limb of the application in my view this is met b
y the report from the Human Rights Commissioner where he confirms that the SACAU dormitory complies with the bare minimum requirements of the UN standard rules for the treatment of prisoners.
\par 
\par In that regard the decision in my sister Justice Shameem in }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 Nainoca v The State,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908  HAM 72/2004S is relevant.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 Her honour was similarly satisfied that the facility met the \'93UN standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners\'94.

\par 
\par This applicant is unhappy with the dormitory.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 In }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 Nainoca}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908  there was complaint about the smallness of the dining table, the inconvenience of overcrowded sleeping cond}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908 
itions and ablution facilities.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 
\par 
\par I prefer the independent report of the Courts amicus.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 
The applicants complaints while not addressed in that report are not sufficient for a conclusion that the dormitory conditions have reached a level of seriousness or humiliation to qualify as a breach of section 25 of the Constitution.
\par 
\par Accordingly, the application is refused.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 The accused will be remanded in custody until his trial.
\par 
\par }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908\charrsid2689908 The Remaining Applicants}{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908\charrsid2689908 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 I find as a fact that these applicants pose a greater flight risk than Mr. Zhong.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 They are not citizens of Fiji.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 
They have no permanent ties to the country.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 They are at present only here on temporary resident permits.
\par 
\par In terms of any attacks on their constitutional rights because of remand conditions I prefer the advice given to the Court by the Human Rights Commissioner.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 I am satisfied that this SACAU dormitory in which they are housed complies with the UN standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners.
\par 
\par Accordingly, their application for bail is refused and they will be remanded in custody until their trial.
\par 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3486550 {\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid3486550 Conclusion Summary
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2689908 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 For the reasons expressed in this judgment each of the applications fails.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 The accused are similarly remanded in custody until trial on the 1st of February 2005.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2689908  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 I order their production on that day.
\par 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2689908 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 Gerard Winter
\par JUDGE
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2689908 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3486550\charrsid2689908 
\par At Suva
\par 15th December, 2004
\par }}