Prosecutor wants maximum sentence for Sanctuary Hotel operations manager Jamie Pang
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Prosecutor wants maximum sentence for Sanctuary Hotel operations manager
Jamie Pang
Pang, an Australian from Sydney, had pleaded guilty to
11 counts under the Firearms Act.
Details of the submissions were published by The National:
Maximum
penalty mooted
December 14, 2021The
NationalMain Stories
By SYLVESTER WEMURU
A POLICE prosecutor has recommended to the court to impose the maximum
sentence on a foreigner facing firearms-related charges, saying it will teach
non-citizens to respect PNG’s laws.
Sergeant Sendra Holland told Magistrate Garry Unjo in the Boroko district court
that Sanctuary Hotel operations manager Jamie Pang, facing 11 counts under the
Firearms Act, was a foreigner who should be made an example of for breaking
PNG’s laws.
She said it would put other foreigners on notice to observe PNG’s laws and
abide by them.
“The laws and the regulations of this country should be observed by all
regardless of whether you are a citizen or a non-citizen,” she said.
Magistrate Unjo is expected to sentence Pang, 43, from Sydney in Australia, on
Friday.
Police alleged that on Nov 16 at 6.30am, Pang was at his residence at the
Sanctuary Hotel when police and customs officers conducted a raid using a search
warrant.
They served him the search warrant at the car park before a search was
conducted on targeted areas inside the hotel premises.
They discovered seven guns inside his house with 910 live ammunitions which
Pang admitted were his.
He was charged with six counts of keeping unlicensed firearms and five counts
of keeping ammunition.
He was released on a K10,000 bail.
Sgt Holland said the offences were serious.
Defence lawyer Simon Nutley from Fiocco and Nutley Lawyers said Pang should be
allowed to pay a fine if the court convicted him so he could be sent back to
Australia to seek medical treatment.
Nutley said the firearms taken from Pang had not harmed anyone and were kept by
him at his home for his safety.
Magistrate Unjo said the decision on sentencing would be made on Friday.
Drug-related
charges should be reviewed, says lawyer
December 14, 2021The
NationalNational
A DEFENCE lawyer has argued that two
drug-related charges against his client should be reviewed as he was charged
before Parliament passed the new drug laws.
Lawyer Simon Nutley of Fiocco and Nutley Lawyers was applying for bail for
Sanctuary Hotel operations manager Jamie Pang who is facing two charges in
relation to drugs allegedly found in the hotel on Dec 7.
Boroko district court Magistrate Garry Unjo adjourned the case to today to hear
the bail application.
He yesterday ordered that Pang remain in custody.
Nutley argued that the drug discovered by police at Pang’s residence was legal
because the new drug law had not come into effect at that time. Police Prosecutor
Sgt Sendra Holland objected saying that Jamie had been properly charged.
She said police refused him bail because they knew they had charged him
accordingly under the Bail Act.
Sgt Holland asked the court to remand Pang because he could interfere with
state witnesses if granted bail.
Police alleged that on Nov 16 at 6.30am, Pang was at his residence at Sanctuary
Hotel when the police and Customs officers taking part in a joint special
operation called “Saki Bomb” conducted a raid using a search warrant.
They found white substance which was tested and found to methamphetamine.
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