Bali Police Public Relations Chief Police Commissioner Stefanus Satake Bayu Setianto in Denpasar said on Thursday that the process of handing over Canadian Interpol fugitive Stéphane Gagnon (SG) was carried out this evening because his period 20-day detention had expired and could not be extended.
“Today we are carrying out activities to release Canadian citizens detained for 20 days at the airport to be carried out overhanging to Immigration. “Later, Immigration will coordinate with Interpol Australia to forward the case to Interpol Canada because we do not have a cooperative relationship with Canada regarding extradition, so extradition will go through Australia,” did he declare.
Satake explained that SG would be escorted by two members of the National Police’s International Relations Division and a member of the Bali Police to travel to Australia. After the subject red notice handed it over to Interpol Australia, then Interpol Australia handed it over to Interpol Canada.
However, prior to the immigration surrender process, SG refused to be released from Bali Police custody because he believed this action was not in accordance with applicable legal procedures, given that his lawyer had filed a pre-trial complaint regarding the arrest and reporting of the suspects. extortion by members of the National Police.
“The person concerned (objects) to the activities of Immigration because he is extradited here, why is he deported, even if it is just a system. But, after we suggested it, already the Immigration data collection activities take place at the airport, we release detainees using the extradition system,” Satake said.
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He explained that SG’s extradition process was based on a request from the Canadian government and was carried out in accordance with applicable standard operating procedures.
However, the steps proposed by SG’s lawyer by filing a pre-trial file are still in progress, including the denunciation of extortion allegedly carried out by police officers from the National Police Prefecture.
“It’s still a process, it’s still a process. There are no problems, everything that has been reported is related to extortion, the pretrial proposed by the lawyer is also underway treatment. We just have to wait for the court on this. “It doesn’t matter,” he said.
Before being taken to immigration, SG argued with the officer who took him and refused to sign the report.
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Head of Sub-Directorate IV, Directorate of General Criminal Investigation, Bali Police, Deputy Commissioner of Police Ni Luh Kompyang Srinadi explained that the tensions arose because SG refused to be handed over to immigration.
However, the Bali Police continued to carry out the immigration surrender because his period of detention at the Bali Police had expired.
“Previously the person refused. We released the detainee because the detention period expired today and we had time to process him at Immigration, so he refused, he did not was cooperative. So we made a report about the refusal. He did it twice. I didn’t want to, we took him away immediately,” Kompyang said.
He said SG was adamant in stating that the process was strange because he had been extradited but was later deported from Indonesia.
“He requested the administration of overhanging of Immigration, everything is finished. In fact, immigration requires relevant data for implementation administration overhanging and deportation. So that’s where he didn’t want to be,” he said.
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Meanwhile, Maruli Harahap, Stéphane Gagnon’s lawyer, said he would continue to supervise the legal process against his client even if SG had been deported from Indonesia.
“We will continue to provide assistance to SG, defending his rights in accordance with human rights. Later we will first talk with the team, whether the lawyer will accompany him to Canada or what,” said Maruli.
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