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PNG judge says ‘no double standards’ – expat prisoners must do their time

Asia Pacific Report — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 20:17:55 +0000

By Melyne Baroi in Port Moresby

A senior National Court judge in Papua New Guinea has dismissed an expatriate prisoner’s request to have his sentence suspended due to poor health.

Judge Panuel Mogish said the court was interested in maintaining a standard that was equal to both non-citizens and citizens of Papua New Guinea.

“Suspension is impossible for an expatriate as these expatriates deliberately come into this country and cause an offence so they have to be punished accordingly within this country instead of breaking the law then [using] medical reasons to flee,” he said.

Justice Mogish was responding to submissions made by a 52-year-old Italian drug trafficker, Carlo D’Attansio, whose lawyer initially asked that his client who has cancer be given mercy of the court and have part or the whole of his sentence suspended.

D’Attanasia, is one of four men who were convicted of concealing bags of cocaine weighing 611kg and worth K200 million (about NZ$88 million) between February and July 2020 in the vicinity of Papa and Lealea, Central Province.

However, since being locked up, D’Attanasio has been pleading to the court about his cancer which he said was life threatening.

He has been admitted to the Paradise Private hospital but continuously brings to court complaints that he is not being treated well.

‘Life-threatening’ says letter
Yesterday, his lawyer told the court that the chief executive officer of the private hospital had written a statement to show that D’Attanasio’s condition was life-threatening and he would need medical treatment overseas.

D’Attanasio therefore asked the court to either suspend his sentence in part or full, or impose a lesser penalty on him.

The state prosecutions objected to the request saying he was a main actor in the crime and deserved the highest penalty of 25 years’ imprisonment.

Justice Mogish then said: “It could be seen as a double standard.”

Melyne Baroi is a PNG Post-Courier reporter. Republished with permission.

Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz

PODCAST – Buchanan and Manning on The Era of Restive Politics – A View from Afar

Selwyn Manning — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 01:36:32 +0000

The Era of Restive Politics – In this, the 20th episode of A View from Afar for 2022 political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning analyse The Era of Restive Politics.

In particular, Paul and Selwyn explore the political dynamics in the United States of America, the United Kingdom, the People’s Republic of China, Italy, and Brazil.

And within this context, they examine the threads of social and political change that’s sweeping the world and what this means as we approach the end of 2022.

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Threat.Technology placed A View from Afar at 9th in its 20 Best Defence Security Podcasts of 2021 category. You can follow A View from Afar via our affiliate syndicators.

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Live Podcast: Buchanan and Manning on The Era of Restive Politics – Midday Thurs

Selwyn Manning — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 09:05:39 +0000

LIVE@MIDDAY NZ Time – 6pm USEST – In this, the 20th episode of A View from Afar for 2022 political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning will analyse The Era of Restive Politics.

In particular, Paul and Selwyn will explore the political dynamics in the United States of America, the United Kingdom, the People’s Republic of China, Italy, and Brazil.

And within this context, they will examine the threads of social and political change that’s sweeping the world and what this means as we approach the end of 2022.

INTERACTION WHILE LIVE: Paul and Selwyn invite and encourage you to interact while they are live with questions and comments. They recommend you do so via EveningReport’s YouTube channel. Here’s the link: Youtube (remember to subscribe to the channel).

You can also keep the conversation going on this debate by clicking on one of the social media channels below:

If you miss the LIVE Episode, you can see it as video-on-demand, and earlier episodes too, by checking out EveningReport.nz or, subscribe to the Evening Report podcast here.

RECOGNITION:

The MIL Network’s podcast A View from Afar was Nominated as a Top Defence Security Podcast by Threat.Technology – a London-based cyber security news publication.

Threat.Technology placed A View from Afar at 9th in its 20 Best Defence Security Podcasts of 2021 category. You can follow A View from Afar via our affiliate syndicators.

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