Sanctuary Hotel’s Jamie Pang denied bail again

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Sanctuary Hotel operations manager Jamie Pang

Sanctuary Hotel’s Jamie Pang denied bail again

PORT MORESBY: The National Court in Waigani has agin refused bail for Sanctuary Hotel operations manager Jamie Png, ruling that there was no evidence to support his application on medical and family grounds.

Justice Laura Wawun-Kuvi yesterday (March 8, 2022), told the 43-year-old Australian, charged with breaching his visa conditions and rape, that if he had relied on medical grounds for bail, he should provide proper and current medical evidence.

Details of the court proceedings were published by The National:

Court refuses Pang’s bail

March 9, 2022The NationalMain Stories

By SCHOLAR KASSAS
THE Waigani National Court has refused bail for detained Sanctuary Hotel operations manager Jamie Pang, saying there was no evidence to support his application on medical and family grounds.
Acting judge Laura Wawun-Kuvi yesterday told the Australian, 43, charged with breaching his visa conditions and rape, that if he had relied on medical grounds for bail, he should provide proper and current medical evidence.
“Whilst the strict rules of evidence do not apply, the court must be presented with evidence by a medical doctor as to factors such as diagnosis, treatment, and seriousness of the illness,” she said.
“As it is, there is very little before this court in support of this ground.”
Justice Kuvi said that on grounds of family welfare, there was also no evidence presented before the court.
“The applicant does not dispose in his affidavit that his family will suffer hardship because of his imprisonment,” she said.
“He (Pang) only states that he is employed by the hotel and his family lived with him.
“Family suffering are consequences of being arrested and detained for an offence and do not form a ground for bail.”
On other grounds such as being denied access to see his lawyer, Justice Kuvi said this was not such a case where Pang had reused his right to see a lawyer.
The applicant in the affidavit confirmed that he had spoken to his lawyers, she said. Justice Kuvi said that further factors such as Pang not being a risk to flyaway and that his passport had been confiscated by the court were also not grounds for bail.
In relation to Pang’s compliance with previous bail conditions, Justice Kuvi added that he did not state the nature of the charges and dates and times he was charged and acquitted.
“And more importantly, drawing a distinction, a comparison, between those charges and the present case, I do not accept that as the basis to granting bail,” she said.

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