Court: Cambodian ex-cop must leave
New Straits Times (Malaysia)
KUALA LUMPUR: After being here since September, the High Court yesterday decided that former Cambodian police chief Heng Peo, should be deported.
Judge Datuk Abdul Kadir Musa in his judgment said Heng Peo was to be deported from the last point of disembarkation.
He ruled that Heng Peo should bear the travel costs.
Kadir said should there be a problem, the director-general of Immigration would use his discretionary powers to either decide in deporting him to the last point of disembarkation or to his country of origin.
Heng Peo, 51, came to Malaysia via Singapore from the Causeway on Sept 1.
His counsel, N. Sivananthan and Abdul Shukor Ahmad, had earlier handed their client’s flight ticket to Singapore to an Immigration Department officer.
They also withdrew their client’s habeas corpus application.
The department’s director of enforcement, Datuk Ishak Mohamed, was present during the judgment.
Deputy public prosecutors Mohamad Hanafiah Zakaria and Ishak Mohd Yusof represented the department and government.
Hanafiah said Heng Peo’s passports, including his diplomatic passport, had been revoked by the Cambodian government.
Counsel M. Puravalen held a watching brief for the Cambodian government.
On Dec 6, Sivananthan and Shukor submitted a copy of Heng Peo’s visa application to Finland to Kadir, where he allegedly was seeking asylum.
Since Heng Peo’s arrest on Oct 3 for overstaying here, his wife, Ngin Sotheavy, 38, had on his behalf sought asylum in many countries.
Heng Peo fled Cambodia after a Phnom Penh court started proceedings against him and several others for the murder of a judge and other crimes.
On Oct 5, he filed an application at the High Court to stop the Malaysian authorities from deporting him to Cambodia.
Ishak, when contacted at 9pm, said Heng Peo was still in immigration custody.
"The department will have to make a decision when to deport him. I cannot disclose when and where he would be deported."
Judge Datuk Abdul Kadir Musa in his judgment said Heng Peo was to be deported from the last point of disembarkation.
He ruled that Heng Peo should bear the travel costs.
Kadir said should there be a problem, the director-general of Immigration would use his discretionary powers to either decide in deporting him to the last point of disembarkation or to his country of origin.
Heng Peo, 51, came to Malaysia via Singapore from the Causeway on Sept 1.
His counsel, N. Sivananthan and Abdul Shukor Ahmad, had earlier handed their client’s flight ticket to Singapore to an Immigration Department officer.
They also withdrew their client’s habeas corpus application.
The department’s director of enforcement, Datuk Ishak Mohamed, was present during the judgment.
Deputy public prosecutors Mohamad Hanafiah Zakaria and Ishak Mohd Yusof represented the department and government.
Hanafiah said Heng Peo’s passports, including his diplomatic passport, had been revoked by the Cambodian government.
Counsel M. Puravalen held a watching brief for the Cambodian government.
On Dec 6, Sivananthan and Shukor submitted a copy of Heng Peo’s visa application to Finland to Kadir, where he allegedly was seeking asylum.
Since Heng Peo’s arrest on Oct 3 for overstaying here, his wife, Ngin Sotheavy, 38, had on his behalf sought asylum in many countries.
Heng Peo fled Cambodia after a Phnom Penh court started proceedings against him and several others for the murder of a judge and other crimes.
On Oct 5, he filed an application at the High Court to stop the Malaysian authorities from deporting him to Cambodia.
Ishak, when contacted at 9pm, said Heng Peo was still in immigration custody.
"The department will have to make a decision when to deport him. I cannot disclose when and where he would be deported."
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