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

 PORT MORESBY: A police prosecutor yesterday asked the court to impose the maximum sentence on 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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