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Judicial Inquiry into ‘Removal’ of Peter Uricek
* ‘Let us wait and see how long the police inquiry into the SoopramanienKistnen case will take, which will hopefully be expedited’
By LEX
A considerable fuss has been created around the recent “extraction” of a Slovak national and his handing over to waiting Slovak authorities despite a restraining order from a Supreme Court judge. Official communiques from the PMO or reports in the press have muddled waters to the extent that the Office of the DPP, upon referral by the judge, has instituted a judicial inquiry by a district magistrate to hear all parties, conduct any investigations and report on the matter. Lex provides some insight over the legal questions at issue.
The latest development in this matter is that the Attorney General has obtained last Wednesday a stay order of the judicial inquiry. In the absence of all the facts contained in the motion of the Attorney General at the time of writing, but presumably based on the argument that the DPP would not have in law the power to order the inquiry, we will examine more comprehensively the issues involved next week with more facts forthcoming in the next few days. Read More… Become a Subscriber
Mauritius Times ePaper Friday 13 May 2022
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