Immigration reviewing Malaysian’s deportation

A committee from the PNG Immigration is currently reviewing the deportation of Malaysian businessman Peter Ling Koh Woo.

This is after he was deported on July 2 by PNG Immigration without his passport.

Lawyer representing the Chief Migration officer, Mataio Rabura, and Foreign Affairs Minister Rimbink Pato, told the National Court on Monday that a committee is reviewing an application by Woo to come back to the country following his deportation.

Barrion Kua told Justice Hitelai Polume-Kiele on Monday that a letter from Woo’s lawyers (Young and Williams) was sent to Minister Pato to have PNG Immigration review his deportation.

A decision of that committee remains outstanding and Justice Polume-Kiele adjourned the matter to Nov 28 for parties to return and inform the court on the progress of the review.

Woo was deported out of jurisdiction whilst he was facing criminal charges before the Waigani Committal Court.

His case at the District Court has since been adjourned generally to the registry. He last appeared in court on June 30.

Arrested in Port Moresby in February, he was charged for false pretense, misappropriation and two counts of attempts to pervert justice.

It is alleged that while employed as a managing director of a company between Oct 11, 2012, and Oct 7, 2015, at the Waigani Village, he dishonestly applied to his own use, the use of his personal company Ever Green Limited an amount of K352,794.73.

It is also alleged that between the same period, by false pretense and with intent to defraud the company he worked for, Woo provided a financial guarantee in his capacity as a managing director when he knew very well he had no authority to give such guarantee to his personal company.

Woo is also facing immigration charges at the Boroko District Court. He has not been appearing at the Boroko courthouse and is yet to be arraigned.

(Caption: Woo outside the court house after his case on June 30.)

Author: 
Sally Pokiton