Gregor Haas, father of NRL star Payne Haas, remains detained in the Philippines despite a court order granting him Philippine citizenship and barring his extradition to Indonesia. Haas faces accusations of drug trafficking in Indonesia, but his legal team claims he is innocent and requests the Australian government's intervention.
The high-profile case of locked-up Australian Gregor Haas, father of NRL star Payne Haas, has taken an extraordinary turn in the Philippines by way of a secret and successful bid for him to be recognised as a Filipino citizen.
Since his dramatic arrest at the behest of the Indonesians in May last year, the Philippines has been wrestling with whether to deport him to Jakarta, where the lobbying has been public and strong, or home to Australia.Judge Antonio M. Olivete seemingly relieved the government of that choice last month by resolving “that Gregor Johann Haas is a citizen of the Philippines and therefore cannot be subject to summary deportation”.
Foreign detainees are subject to horrendous conditions in the notorious detention facility, on the outskirts of the Philippine capital. It has a reputation for being overcrowded and filthy. People in custody can fall victim to extortion and are provided little or no medical treatment.There were means to ensure Haas stayed in the Philippines until the appeal that did not involve a cell, he said.
While Haas was born in Switzerland in 1978, “the constitution prevailing then was the 1973 constitution which provides Filipino citizenship to those whose fathers or mothers are citizens of the Philippines,” the court order said.The family migrated in 1982 to Australia, where Haas also became – and remains – a citizen. Both Australia and the Philippines allow dual citizenship.
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