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WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1989
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IMMIGRATION BILL A MOCKERY OF SYSTEM OF JUSTICE'
BY
A
HONG
AS
WAS DESCRIBED THE IMMIGRATION AMENDMENT (NO. 21 BILL 1989 THE HON MARTIN LEE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY | MOCKERY OF THE SYSTEM OF JUSTICE MUCH TREASURED BY THE PEOPLE OF KONG.
SPEAKING AGAINST THE BILL DURING ITS SAID HE WAS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE BILL AND GOVERNMENT TO RECONSIDER IT.
SECOND READING, MR WOULD STRONGLY URGE
LEI
THE
THE BILL
THAT PROVIDED
THE NEITHER
APPLICANT NOR HIS PRESENT WHEN HIS CASE WAL
REPRESENTATIVE SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO BE REVIEWED BY THE REFUGEE STATUS REVIEW BOARD, HE SAID.
ANY REVIEW IT ALSO PROVIDED THAT THE BOARD, WHEN CONSIDERING
CAPACITY AND WAS NOT SHOULD ACT IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE OR EXECUTIVE REQUIRED TO GIVE ANY REASON FOR ITS DECISION.
"ALSO, ITS DECISION SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO IN ANY COURT," HE SAID.
REVIEW OR APPEA
MR LEE
HE SAID
SHARED
THE
CONCERN
EXPRESSED
ASSOCIATION AND THE LAW SOCIETY THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE APPLICANT HIMSELF MIGHT BE PRESENT AT ANY REVIEW.
BY THE BAR NOR EVEN TIF}
JUSTICE THAT BOTH SIDES "IT IS AN IMPORTANT RULE OF NATURAL
THE SHOULD BE HEARD: THIS IS PARTICULARLY OPPRESSIVE IN THE LIGHT OF
HE SAID. BOARD'S DECISION BEING FINAL,
THE
THE
THE
HAS BEEN SCREENED OUT WITHOUT "AND WHEN THE APPLICANT
REASONS FOR BENEFIT OF LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND WITHOUT BEING GIVEN
TO APPEAR BEFORE 'VERDICT' AND HE IS NOT EVEN GIVEN THE RIGHT
HOW CAN TRIBUNAL TO CLARIFY POINTS CONTAINED IN THIS CASE FOR REVIEW, THE TRIBUNAL BE EXPECTED TO DO JUSTICE TO HIS CASE?" HE ASKED.
L
BOAT
OF LAW WERE MR LEE MAINTAINED THAT HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE RULE UNIVERSAL VALUES WHICH SHOULD APPLY TO ALL, INCLUDING VIETNAMESE PEOPLE.
"THE RULE OF LAW IS MEANINGLESS UNLESS THE LAWS JUST. HE SAID.
ARE FAIR AND
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