Phillip Shoon Tee Lim
According to the office of NSW Corrective Services Minister John Robertson between 1200 and 1400 people are granted parole in NSW each month.
For the first time yesterday Mr Robertson, egged on by a frenzied shadow attorney general and a public baying for blood, demanded a parole ruling be “vacated”.
Eighteen years ago on November 11 Phillip Choon Tee Lim was sentenced to 24 years in jail, with a non-parole period of 18 years for his part in the murder of heart surgeon Victor Chang.
At a recent hearing the State Parole Authority, considering reports of his good behaviour, granted his parole application and ordered he be released from Parramatta Jail on that date. John Robertson says “I don’t think it’s enough,” and in doing so has tried to change the rules forever.
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