A SYDNEY teenager convicted in Cambodia of drug smuggling could serve his 13-year jail term in Australia under a prisoner transfer deal expected to be signed next month.

Chinese-Australian Gordon Vuong was 16 when he was arrested at Phnom Penh International Airport in January, 2005, with 2.1kg of heroin concealed on his body.

He was sentenced by Phnom Penh Municipal Court in May last year to 13 years in prison.

His family and friends say Vuong, a former student at Christian Brothers Lewisham in Sydney's inner-west, was coerced into acting as a drug mule by two adults, who have since been convicted of drug smuggling in Cambodia.

Customs Minister Chris Ellison said today he hoped to sign a prisoner transfer deal with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen when he visited Canberra next month.


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GORDON VUONG
Gordon Vuong is a young Australian currently detained in Cambodia's Prey Sar prison, [Phnom Penh municipal prison]. It is about 20km out of Phnom Penh.

He has been sentenced by the court 13 years for drug related offences.

The Australian Embassy conducts regular consular visits to Gordon to ensure his basic human rights are maintained.

Due to the fact that Gordon is a minor [under 18], his family have given strict instructions to the Embassy that only family approved visitors will be allowed access to Gordon.

Visitors to Cambodia wanting to leave care packages for Gordon should do so by delivery to;

    Australian Embassy
    Consular Department
    For Gordon Vuong
    Villa11,
    R V Senei Vannavaut Oum (St. 254),
    Daun Penh District
    Phnom Penh Cambodia
    Phone 855 23 213 470
    Fax 855 23 213 413

The NSW Council for Civil Liberties is closely monitoring this case and working with the family's legal representative to further Gordon's appeal for clemency. Further contact can be directed to:

    Kevin O'Rourke
    Chief Executive Officer
    PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal
    Ph: 61 2 8266 3114
    Fx: 61 2 8286 3114
    [email protected]

    All Consular enquiries should be directed to the Australian Government:
    Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
    Consular Operations
    R.G. Casey Building
    John McEwen Crescent
    Barton, ACT 0221 Australia

    Tel: +61 2 6261 1111
    Fax: +61 2 6261 3111

    Consular Duty Officer
    Tel: +61 2 6261 3305 or
    1300 555 135 toll free (within Australia only)
    Web: https://www.dfat.gov.au

CONTACT GORDON VUONG
Letters and care packages can be sent to Gordon Vuong:

    Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
    Consular Operations
    R.G. Casey Building
    John McEwen Crescent
    Barton, ACT 0221 Australia

    Tel: +61 2 6261 1111
    Fax: +61 2 6261 3111

    Consular Duty Officer
    Tel: +61 2 6261 3305 or
    1300 555 135 toll free (within Australia only)

All enquiries regarding Gordon Vuong should be directed to DFAT [Canberra]

The Schoolboy - The Gordon Vuong Story
A Sydney teenager faces years in a Cambodian Jail

A 16 year-old schoolboy from Sydney caught trying to smuggle drugs out of a foreign country. Sentenced to 13 years in a squalid Asian prison cell swarming with feral animals. Sorry? Haven't heard about him?

Three months ago when Gordon Vuong was caught trying to smuggle heroin out of Cambodia, the news barley registered on the national radar. The former Christian Brothers Lewisham schoolboy is the youngest of the 118 Australians in prison overseas. But unlike Schapelle Corby, The Bali None and now Michelle Leslie, Gordon Vuong is not a household name!

NEWS UPDATES
Teen in Cambodian jail could come home
Gordon Vuong Campaign May 15 2006
FPSS are pleased to announce that recent information provided to us has revealed that the Prosecutor's office has agreed to refer Gordon's case up to the appeal court, and has now in fact done so. We are now waiting on an appeal date from the Court which should be in the next couple of months.

This is a wonderful achievement and we hope that it is the first of many so that young Gordon might be reunited with his family.

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