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NZ court rejects jailed Singaporean drug trafficker's laptop request
A New Zealand court has dismissed a jailed Singaporean drug trafficker's application to have a personal laptop in his cell and allowed audio-visual connections to Singapore and the Philippines as well as international phone calls at modest charges.
Justice Mathew Downs, in updated decision grounds published last month, described the prisoner, Thomas Cheng, as "polite, smart and highly intelligent".
The case arose after Cheng filed 22 claims for judicial review against New Zealand's Department of Corrections and sought interim relief for additional items pending a full hearing.
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In 2018, Cheng, who was then 34, was convicted and sentenced to 10 years and nine months in jail for importing and supplying methamphetamine.
But, in May last year, he faced 26 new criminal charges alleging that he dealt in drugs, committed aggravated robbery and participated in an organised criminal enterprise.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/c...op-request
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A New Zealand court has dismissed a jailed Singaporean drug trafficker's application to have a personal laptop in his cell and allowed audio-visual connections to Singapore and the Philippines as well as international phone calls at modest charges.
Justice Mathew Downs, in updated decision grounds published last month, described the prisoner, Thomas Cheng, as "polite, smart and highly intelligent".
The case arose after Cheng filed 22 claims for judicial review against New Zealand's Department of Corrections and sought interim relief for additional items pending a full hearing.
...
In 2018, Cheng, who was then 34, was convicted and sentenced to 10 years and nine months in jail for importing and supplying methamphetamine.
But, in May last year, he faced 26 new criminal charges alleging that he dealt in drugs, committed aggravated robbery and participated in an organised criminal enterprise.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/c...op-request