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Sun 1 Feb, 2004 04:17 am
Several days ago, a minister in Australia government exercised his executive power to quash the courts's decision to extradite two people wanted by the Hong Kong police, and no explanation was given for the minister's decision -- and it is not required by law. Hong Kong government has excoriated this action by the Australia government as undermining smooth judicial cooperation set up by the mutual agreement.
The common law tradition does not have compulsory requirement on the administrative body to give reasons for its decisions so long as there is no statutory duty to do so. But in this case where the government ignored the court's decision, how is it justifable for the government not to give an explanation?
Do you have a link, Acepoly? I haven't heard about this one.
Sorry, Dlowan. I've been searching around for a webpage of this story but in vain. I read this in a local newspaper in Hong Kong but its website is not accessible unless you are a subscriber.
Hmmm - can't find it here...
The only thing I can think of is security.
On what charges were they being extradited for?
If I remember it right, they are accused of fraud in a construction of buildings in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong government claims it a serious crime, and if convicted, these two people will be given a sentence of twenty years.
They're probably contributors to the liberal party...................
But like dlowan, I haven't heard about this one either.
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