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Whereas Anwar Ibrahim’s Malaysian authorities has this 12 months abolished the necessary demise penalty and supplied all 1318 convicts on demise row the chance to have their sentences reviewed, it has not been eradicated from the nation’s justice system.
In consequence, Sirul nonetheless can’t be extradited beneath Australian regulation. As an alternative, he’ll be capable of stay in Australia with strict visa situations hooked up. They are going to be utilized individually relying on the circumstances of the freed detainee, however can embrace monitoring necessities resembling the necessity to report back to the Division of House Affairs when specified and report any change of non-public particulars resembling their tackle and e mail tackle earlier than they occur.
It’s believed Sirul is staying in Canberra together with his son, who has lived quietly in Australia for greater than a decade.
A spokesperson for Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs Andrew Giles referred to a joint assertion with Minister for House Affairs Clare O’Neil during which they mentioned the Excessive Court docket ruling required the discharge of “affected folks from immigration detention”.
“The Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Drive are working carefully with state and territory authorities and regulation enforcement to help neighborhood security,” the assertion mentioned.
“The federal government is contemplating different measures that could be acceptable to make sure neighborhood security as we work via the implications of the Excessive Court docket’s resolution and await the courtroom’s causes being handed down.”
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles.Credit score: Alex Ellinghausen
The federal government had “argued that earlier detention settings have been constitutionally legitimate”, they mentioned.
Giles mentioned on Friday that the person who introduced the case to the Excessive Court docket – a Rohingya man who raped a 10-year-old boy in Sydney – had additionally been launched.
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On the time of the Malaysian killing, Sirul had been a member of the police safety element for former prime minister Najib Razak, who was then defence minister. Najib, who’s serving a 12-year jail sentence for corruption over the $US4.5 billion 1MDB scandal, has all the time vehemently denied any connection to the homicide.
In a handwritten letter to this masthead, Sirul’s son in Could appealed to the Australian authorities to grant political asylum to his father, who has maintained he was appearing on orders.
He mentioned he feared his father could be assassinated if he ever returned to Malaysia. “No matter occurs … me and my father have made our ultimate resolution that we are going to not be going again or step our foot or finger in Malaysia,” he mentioned.
The Malaysian authorities was contacted for remark.